Indo-Chinese forest lizard | |
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Calotes mystaceus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Calotes |
Species: | C. mystaceus
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Binomial name | |
Calotes mystaceus |
Calotes mystaceus, the Indo-Chinese forest lizard or blue crested lizard, is an agamid lizard found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia. [2]
Physical Structure: Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, scarcely enlarged on supraorbital region; a few small spines on each side of the head above the tympanum; latter measuring at least half the diameter of the orbit. Gular sac small; gular scales feebly keeled, as large as dorsals. An oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest well developed in the male, composed of falciform spines directed backwards, the longest measuring the diameter of the orbit; it gradually decreases in height on the back, being reduced to a mere denticulation on the sacrum. 45-53 scales round the middle of the body; dorsal scales keeled, nearly twice as large as ventrals, all directed upwards and backwards; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum or the posterior border of the orbit; fourth finger slightly longer than the third. Tail a little compressed, at the base with a slightly serrated upper ridge.
Color Pattern: Background color grey to olive, frequently with large transverse red spots on the back; lips yellowish. [3]
Length: Maximum: 42 cm., Common: 28 cm. (Snout to vent 9.5 cm.). [4]
Cambodia, China (Yunnan), India (Mizoram), Laos, Myanmar (Tenasserim to Naypyitaw = Naypyitaw, Mandalay, and Kachin State [26°00N, 97°30E]), Thailand ( Chiang Saen) (north of the Isthmus of Kra), & Vietnam (South). [2] It is also reported from Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill tracts), adjacent to Mizoram province of India.[ citation needed] The Indochinese Bloodsucker is first documentation in Florida from Okeechobee County and Glades County.
Terrestrial & arboreal; diurnal; naturally found in forest, but can be found in treed neighborhoods and city parks.
Feeds on crickets, grasshoppers, moths, and other insects.
The Indo-Chinese forest lizard is oviparous. [2]
No known practical uses. Plays an insectivorous role in its ecosystem.
Non- venomous and harmless to humans. Can give a painful bite if handled, but is not dangerous.
Not Evaluated (NE).
Indo-Chinese forest lizard | |
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Calotes mystaceus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Calotes |
Species: | C. mystaceus
|
Binomial name | |
Calotes mystaceus |
Calotes mystaceus, the Indo-Chinese forest lizard or blue crested lizard, is an agamid lizard found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia. [2]
Physical Structure: Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, scarcely enlarged on supraorbital region; a few small spines on each side of the head above the tympanum; latter measuring at least half the diameter of the orbit. Gular sac small; gular scales feebly keeled, as large as dorsals. An oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest well developed in the male, composed of falciform spines directed backwards, the longest measuring the diameter of the orbit; it gradually decreases in height on the back, being reduced to a mere denticulation on the sacrum. 45-53 scales round the middle of the body; dorsal scales keeled, nearly twice as large as ventrals, all directed upwards and backwards; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum or the posterior border of the orbit; fourth finger slightly longer than the third. Tail a little compressed, at the base with a slightly serrated upper ridge.
Color Pattern: Background color grey to olive, frequently with large transverse red spots on the back; lips yellowish. [3]
Length: Maximum: 42 cm., Common: 28 cm. (Snout to vent 9.5 cm.). [4]
Cambodia, China (Yunnan), India (Mizoram), Laos, Myanmar (Tenasserim to Naypyitaw = Naypyitaw, Mandalay, and Kachin State [26°00N, 97°30E]), Thailand ( Chiang Saen) (north of the Isthmus of Kra), & Vietnam (South). [2] It is also reported from Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill tracts), adjacent to Mizoram province of India.[ citation needed] The Indochinese Bloodsucker is first documentation in Florida from Okeechobee County and Glades County.
Terrestrial & arboreal; diurnal; naturally found in forest, but can be found in treed neighborhoods and city parks.
Feeds on crickets, grasshoppers, moths, and other insects.
The Indo-Chinese forest lizard is oviparous. [2]
No known practical uses. Plays an insectivorous role in its ecosystem.
Non- venomous and harmless to humans. Can give a painful bite if handled, but is not dangerous.
Not Evaluated (NE).