Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lionhead Agama, Spineless Forest Lizard
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Calotes liocephalus — Boulenger 1885: 329
- Calotes liocephalus — Manthey & Schuster 1999: 37
- Calotes liocephalus — Smith 1935: 204
- Calotes liocephalus — Taylor 1953: 1569
- Calotes liocephalus — Wermuth 1967: 39
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calotes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. (Bronchocele) nigrilabris · C. andamanensis (Green Crestless Forest Lizard) · C. aurantolabium (Orange-Lippedforest Lizard) · C. bhutanensis · Acanthosaura lepidogaster · C. calotes (Common Green Forest Lizard) · C. celebensis · C. ceylonensis · C. chiliensis · C. chincollium · C. cristatellus · C. desilvai · C. ellioti (Elliot's Forest Lizard) · C. ellioti amarambalamensis · C. ellioti ellioti · C. elliotti · C. elliotti amarambalamensis · C. elliotti ellioti · C. emma (Hinterindische Schönechse) · C. emma alticristata · C. emma alticristatus · C. emma emma (Emma Gray's Forest Lizard) · C. feae · C. flavigula · C. floweri · C. gigas · C. grandisquamis · C. hayeli · C. htunwini · C. intermedius · C. irawadi · C. jerdoni (Jerdon's Forest Lizard) · C. jerdonii · C. jubatus · C. kakhiensis · C. kingdonwardi (Kingdonward's Bloodsucker) · C. kingdonwardi bapoensis · C. kingdonwardi kingdonwardi · C. lepidogaster · C. liocephalus (Spineless Forest Lizard) · C. liolepis (Srilanka Agama) · C. maria (Khasi Hills Forest Lizard) · C. marmoratus · C. medogensis (Medog Bloodsucker) · C. megapogon · C. microlepis · C. minor · C. mystaceus (Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard) · C. mystaceus ceylonensis · C. mystaceus var. ceylonensis · C. nemoricola · C. nigrigularis (Blackthroated Bloodsucker) · C. nigrilabris · C. nigriplicatus · C. octospinosus · C. ophiomachus · C. platyceps · C. rouxi · C. rouxii (Roux's Forest Lizard) · C. saleoides · C. smaragdinus · C. tricarinatus · C. tympanistriga · C. versicolor (Oriental Garden Lizard) · C. versicolor farooqi · C. versicolor nigrigularis · C. versicolor versicolor (Oriental Garden Lizard) · C. viridis
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Further Reading
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 288.
- Bahir et al. (2005) Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl. No. 12: 381-392
- Barts et al. (2003) Draco 4 (14): 4-23
- Boulenger (1885) Catalogue of the Lizards Vol. I.
- Boulenger (1890) Fauna of British India ... Rept. Batr.
- de et al. (2005) Lyriocephalus (Special Issue) 6(1-2):43-52
- De SILVA (1994) Lyriocephalus, 1 (1-2): 3-19
- Erdelen (1984) J. Biogeogr. 11: 515-525
- Günther (1872) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 9: 85-88
- Macey et al. (2000) Syst. Biol. 49 (2): 233-256
- Manthey & Schuster (1999) Agamen, 2. Aufl., Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster).
- Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 443.
- Reptilia and Batrachia / by George A. Boulenger. London: Taylor and Francis, 1890. ENG url p. 141.
- Smith (1935) Fauna of British India,Vol. II., Rept. Amph.
- Taylor (1953) Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., Lawrence, 35: 1525-1585
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 12, 2006.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Calotes liocephalus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537329
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-4984
- IUCN ID: 3630
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2780
