Monilesaurus

Genus of lizards

Monilesaurus
Monilesaurus rouxii, male in breeding plumage,
Roux's forest lizard or Forest Calotes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Monilesaurus
Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak, 2018
Species

4 species, see here

Monilesaurus is a genus of lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae and is a new genus[1] described in 2018.[2] Currently it consists of 4 species, with 2 new species and 2 species split from the genus Calotes.

Geographic range

The genus Monilesaurus is native to the Western Ghats of India.

Species

Below species were split from Calotes genus:

  • Monilesaurus ellioti Günther, 1864 – Elliot's forest lizard
  • Monilesaurus rouxii Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Roux's forest lizard, Roux's forest calotes, forest blood sucker

Below species are described newly under this genus:

References

  1. ^ Pal, Saunak; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Shanker, Kartik; Jayarajan, Aditi; Deepak, V. (2018). "A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species". Zootaxa. 4482 (3): 401–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1. PMID 30313808.
  2. ^ Monilesaurus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monilesaurus.
Wikispecies has information related to Monilesaurus.
  • https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4482.3.1
  • https://india.mongabay.com/2018/10/26/photo-feature-meet-the-new-species-of-dragon-lizards-from-the-western-ghats/
  • http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2018/09/monilesaurus.html
  • https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/2-new-species-of-lizards-found-in-western-ghats/articleshow/65986486.cms
Taxon identifiers
Monilesaurus