Calotes bachae HARTMANN, GEISSLER, POYARKOV, IHLOW, GALOYAN, RÖDDER & BÖHME, 2013
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Calotes bachae
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Calotes bachae HARTMANN, GEISSLER, POYARKOV, IHLOW, GALOYAN, RÖDDER & BÖHME 2013 Calotes bachae — WAGNER et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | S Vietnam (Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc), Cambodia Type locality: Vietnam, Dong Nai Province, Cat Tien National Park (11°38'04'' N 107°27'24'' E), 104 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 88935, an adult male (Fig. 4A), collected 10 May 2009 by PG. Paratypes: An adult female (IEBR A.2012.23; Fig. 4B) and a juvenile (ZFMK 88937; Fig. 4E), same data as holotype (except collection dates: 20 April 2009 (IEBR A.2012.23) and 14 June 2009 (ZFMK 88937)) by PG. Two adult males (ZMMU NAP-02910-911; Fig. 4D) from Phuoc Hoa environs, Bu Gia Map National Park, Dak Ka River valley, Bu Gia Map commune, Bu Gia Map District, Binh Phuoc Province, southern Vietnam (12°19.6’ N, 107°25.2’ E; ca. 400 m above sea level), collected on 26 May 2011 by NAP. Two adult females (ZMMU NAP- 01509, 01512) from Ma Da forestry, Dong Nai Nature Reserve (former Vinh Cuu Nature Reserve), Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam, 80 m elevation, collected 12.06.2011 by NAP. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Calotes with a maximum SVL of 97 mm, distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characters: 1) head and body robust; 2) body scales relatively small, homogeneous, feebly keeled, arranged in regular rows; 3) upper dorsolateral scales pointing backwards and upwards; 4) 44–50 midbody scale rows; 5) two short and well separated spines, surrounded by three to four scales on either side of the upper head above tympanum; 6) nuchal and dorsal crest continuous, composed of erect compressed scales, directed posteriorly; 7) vertebral spines and scales 35–42 in males and 43–46 in females; 8) oblique fold of skin in front of forelimb insertion dinstict, covered with small granular dark scales; 9) extremities and tail relatively long and slender (see comparison with C. mystaceus for details); 10) bluish to turquoise head and anterior body part, this coloration not well exceeding front limb insertion; 11) yellowish light stripe at upper lip reaching from below anterior corner of eye to posterior end of head; 12) very faint or no dorsal brownish blotches, medially extending across the vertebral crest. |
| Comment | Illustration: Iguana 27 (2): 10 (2014). Behavior: diurnal, semiarboreal |
| Etymology | Named after Rike Bach (Bonn), in gratitude for supporting the second author (PG) during several fieldtrips in Indochina. |
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