Monilesaurus

Monilesaurus
Monilesaurus rouxii, male in breeding plumage, Roux's forest lizard or Forest Calotes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Monilesaurus Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak, 2018
Species
4 species, see here

Monilesaurus is a genus of lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae and is a new genus[1] described in 2018.[2] Currently it consists of 4 species, with 2 new species and 2 species split from the genus Calotes.

Geographic range

The genus Monilesaurus is native to the Western Ghats of India.

Species

Below species were split from Calotes genus:

• Monilesaurus ellioti Günther, 1864 – Elliot's forest lizard
• Monilesaurus rouxii Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Roux's forest lizard, Roux's forest calotes, forest blood sucker

Below species are described newly under this genus:

• Monilesaurus acanthocephalus PAL, VIJAYAKUMAR, SHANKER, JAYARAJAN & DEEPAK, 2018 – spiny-headed forest lizard
• Monilesaurus montanus PAL, VIJAYAKUMAR, SHANKER, JAYARAJAN & DEEPAK, 2018 – montane forest lizard

References

1. Pal, Saunak; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Shanker, Kartik; Jayarajan, Aditi; Deepak, V. (2018). "A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species". Zootaxa. 4482 (3): 401–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1. PMID 30313808.
2. Monilesaurus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

External links

• https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4482.3.1
• https://india.mongabay.com/2018/10/26/photo-feature-meet-the-new-species-of-dragon-lizards-from-the-western-ghats/
• http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2018/09/monilesaurus.html
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/2-new-species-of-lizards-found-in-western-ghats/articleshow/65986486.cms