Calotes versicolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Calotes
Species: Calotes versicolor
Subspecies (2): C. v. farooqi – C. v. versicolor

Name

Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)

Syntypes: MNHN , lost. [neotype (NCBS AT102, adult ♂) designated by Gowande, Mishra & Mirza (2016: 273), but invalidate by Chaitanya, Giri & Deepak (2017: 586)]

Type locality: unkown; assumed to be “Pondicherry” by Kuhl (1920) and Smith (1935), and fixed as “Pondicherry University Campus, Kalapet, Pondicherry, India (12.029097° N, 79.850343° E, elevation 34m)” by neotype designation, but see Chaitanya, Giri & Deepak (2017: 586).

Combinations

Agama versicolor Daudin 1802: 395 [original combination]
Calotes versicolor — Fitzinger, 1826 [name combination]

References

Primary references

Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième.. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + plates XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page.

Gowande, G., Mishra, A. & Mirza, Z.A 2016. Neotype designation for Calotes versicolor Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Agamidae) with notes on its systematics. Zootaxa 4126(2): 271–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.7 . Reference page.

Chaitanya, R., Giri, V.B. & Deepak, V. 2017. On the recent designation of a neotype for the taxon Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 4317(3): 585–587. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.10 . Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Garden Lizard

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