Calotes mystaceus
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Calotes mystaceus, the Indo-Chinese forest lizard or blue crested lizard, is an agamid lizard found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia.[1]
Description/Identification
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Physical Structure: Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, scarcely enlarged on supraorbital region; a few small spines on each side of the head above the tympanum; latter measuring at least half the diameter of the orbit. Gular sac small; gular scales feebly keeled, as large as dorsals. An oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest well developed in the male, composed of falciform spines directed backwards, the longest measuring the diameter of the orbit; it gradually decreases in height on the back, being reduced to a mere denticulation on the sacrum. 45-53 scales round the middle of the body; dorsal scales keeled, nearly twice as large as ventrals, all directed upwards and backwards; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum or the posterior border of the orbit; fourth finger slightly longer than the third. Tail a little compressed, at the base with a slightly serrated upper ridge.
Color Pattern: Background color grey to olive, frequently with large transverse red spots on the back; lips yellowish.[2]
Length: Maximum: 42 cm. Common: 28 cm. (Snout to vent 9.5 cm).[3]
Distribution
Cambodia, China (Yunnan), India (Mizoram), Laos, Myanmar (Tenasserim to Naypyitaw = Naypyitaw, Mandalay, and Kachin State [26°00N, 97°30E]), Thailand (Chiang Saen) (north of the Isthmus of Kra), & Vietnam (South).[1] It is also reported from Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill tracts), adjacent to Mizoram province of India.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Indochinese Bloodsucker is first documentation in Florida from Okeechobee County and Glades County.
Vernacular names
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- English: Blue-crested lizard, Indo-Chinese bloodsucker, Indo-Chinese forest lizard, White-lipped calotes
Habitat
Terrestrial & arboreal; diurnal; naturally found in forest, but can be found in treed neighborhoods and city parks.
Diet
Feeds on crickets, grasshoppers, moths, and other insects.
Reproduction
The Indo-Chinese forest lizard is oviparous.[1]
Uses
No known practical uses. Plays an insectivorous role in its ecosystem.
Threat to humans
Non-venomous and harmless to humans. Can give a painful bite if handled, but is not dangerous.
IUCN threat status
Not Evaluated (NE).
References
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- ↑ a b c Calotes mystaceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 July 2014.
- ↑ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
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- Hallermann, J. 2005 Mit Hörnern, Kämmen und Gleithäuten - die bizarren Baumagamen. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (1): 18-25