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Microauris aurantolabium (Orange-lipped Forest Lizard)

Synonyms: Calotes andamanensis (heterotypic); Calotes aurantolabium

Wikipedia Abstract

The orange-lipped forest lizard (Calotes aurantolabium) is an agamid lizard found in the forests of the southern Western Ghats and is currently known from the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. The species was formerly included in Calotes andamanensis of the Andaman Islands, but recognized as distinct in 2008.
View Wikipedia Record: Microauris aurantolabium

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Microauris aurantolabium

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6 grams
Female Weight [1]  6 grams
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.756 inches (7 cm)

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
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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