Calotes grandisquamis

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.

Large-scaled forest lizard

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Calotes
Species:
C. grandisquamis
Binomial name
Calotes grandisquamis
Guenther, 1875[2]
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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. 2013: e.T172602A1349981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172602A1349981.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. Günther, A. 1875 Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained bv the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London,1875: 224-234.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
  • Ganesh, S. R.; S. R. Chandramouli 2013. Identification of Two Similar Indian Agamid Lizards Calotes nemoricola Jerdon, 1853 and C.grandisquamis Günther, 1875. Russ. J. Herpetol. 20 (1): 33–35.


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