Calotes grandisquamis

Large-scaled forest lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Calotes
Species: grandisquamis
Binomial name
Calotes grandisquamis
Guenther, 1875[2]

Calotes grandisquamis, the large-scaled forest lizard, is an arboreal, diurnal, insectivorous agamid lizard found in the evergreen rainforests of the Western Ghats of India; distributed from Agumbe to Agasthyamalai Hills.

References

  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Ganesan, S.R.; Prabhu, M. & Sreekar, R. (2013). "Calotes grandisquamis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. Günther,A. 1875 Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained bv the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London,1875: 224-234.
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