Calotes jerdoni GÜNTHER, 1870
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Yunnan Forest Lizard |
Synonym | Calotes jerdonii GÜNTHER 1870: 778 Calotes maria GRAY 1845 (part., fide SMITH 1935) Calotes platyceps JERDON 1870 (not of BLYTH) Calotes jerdonii — BOULENGER 1885: 323 Calotes yunnanensis ANNANDALE 1905: 87 Calotes jerdoni — SMITH 1935: 194 Calotes jerdoni — SMITH 1940: 478 Calotes jerdoni — WERMUTH 1967: 38 Calotes jerdoni — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 37 Calotes jerdoni — WANG et al. 2024: 177 |
Distribution | India (Khasi Hills in Assam & Shillong, Mizoram, Nagaland), Burma (= Myanmar), Bhutan, China (Yunnan). Type locality: “Affghanistan and Khassia Hill” (fide WERMUTH 1967). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotyope: BMNH 1946.8.11.54, designated by Boruah et al. 2022. Former syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.11.49-58, ZMB 8448 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderate-sized agamid lizard, SVL 63.2 mm–76.7 in male (n= 4) and SVL 74.1 mm–102.2 mm in female (n= 4), TailL 196 mm–240 mm in male (n= 4) and 204 mm–300 mm in female (n= 4). Nuchal and dorsal crests continuous, consisting of erect compressed scales, smaller posteriorly. Two series of supratympanic spines present. Body laterally compressed, scales at the trunk heterogeneous in size, larger than ventrals, larger at the mid- body towards dorsal side, oriented backward, 34–41 dorsal scales, 46–58 rows of scales around midbody, 68–78 ventrals. Mental larger than the chin shields, first pair of chin shields are of almost equal length and width; separated from each other by a small hexagonal scale, the gular scales at the mid-line are nearly equal to the adjacent gular scales away from the mid-line. Dorsally and ventrally green in colour. (Boruah et al. 2022) Additional details (4934 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Synonymy partly after WERMUTH 1967. According to KÄSTLE et al. (in SCHLEICH & KÄSTLE 2002: 93), Calotes jerdoni was listed erroneously from Tibet (figure G on plate 23 in ZHAO & ADLER 1993 shows Oriotiaris tricarinata but not Calotes jerdoni as the figure caption says), but has been reported from Yunnan (Zhao et al, 1999; Yang and Rao, 2008). Group: The Calotes jerdoni complex has been defined as the species (jerdoni, maria, medogensis) that have two parallel rows of conical/spinous scales from posterior eye to temporal head, with superior row continuing from supraciliaries and inferior row from posteroinferior eye, both terminated on squamosal region of head. Similar species: C. medogensis (the two species may have been confused in North-East India), C. mystaceus (Wang et al. 2024) |
Etymology | Named after Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1811-1872), British physician, zoologist, and botanist who became an Assistant Surgeon in the East India Company. |
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