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Calotes

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Wikipedia Abstract

Calotes is a genus of lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae. The genus contains 27 species. Some species are known as forest lizards, others as "bloodsuckers" due to their red heads, and yet others (namely C. versicolor) as garden lizards.
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Species

Calotes bachae (Attributes)
Calotes bhutanensis
Calotes calotes (Common Green Forest Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes ceylonensis (Ceylon Bloodsucker) (Attributes)
Calotes chincollium (Attributes)
Calotes desilvai (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Calotes emma (alticristatus) (Attributes)
Calotes farooqi (Eastern Garden Lizard, Oriental Garden Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes geissleri
Calotes goetzi
Calotes grandisquamis (Large Scaled Forest Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes htunwini (Attributes)
Calotes irawadi (Attributes)
Calotes jerdoni (Jerdon's Forest Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes liocephalus (Spineless Forest Lizard) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Calotes liolepis (Sri Lanka Agama) (Attributes)
Calotes manamendrai (Manamendra-Arachchi’s whistling lizard) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Calotes maria (Khasi Hills Forest Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes medogensis (Medog Bloodsucker)
Calotes minor (Hardwicke's bloodsucker) (Attributes)
Calotes mystaceus (Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri Forest Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes nigrilabris (Black-lipped Agama) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Calotes nigriplicatus
Calotes paulus (Small Forest Lizard) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Calotes pethiyagodai (Pethiyagoda's crestless lizard) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Calotes versicolor (Common Garden Lizard) (Attributes)
Calotes vindumbarbatus
Calotes vultuosus
Calotes zolaiking

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0