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(Duméril &amp;
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFA9FFBF4E39F8F4FE03F868" box="[263,492,1896,1920]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Monilesaurus ellioti</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFA9FFBF4C9FF8FBFBA1F868" bold="true" box="[929,1102,1895,1920]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">gen. et sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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,
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFA9FFBF4A6AF8FBFF2EF84D" bold="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">comb. nov</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFA9FFBF4D5AF810FCE4F84D" bold="true" box="[612,779,1932,1957]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">gen. et sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFA9FFBF4FF9F82CFEA1F821" bold="true" box="[199,334,1968,1993]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Etymology.</emphasis>
The genus epithet is derived by adding the word Monile meaning necklace in Latin referring to the distinct neck fold in this genus and the Greek word
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meaning lizard which is latinized here as
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.
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4FF9FF0BFEAEFF58" bold="true" box="[199,321,151,176]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4ED2FF0BFDA0FF58" bold="true" box="[492,591,151,176]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">gen. nov</emphasis>
.
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can be easily diagnosed from all members of
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lizards from the Indian subcontinent except
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in having an antehumeral fold, which mostly extends below the dewlap forming a fused fold on the shoulder and the neck. It differs from
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in having a dorso-laterally compressed body and lower number of scales on the mid-body. Supratympanic spines are present, in the form of two separated spines vs clusters in
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. From
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by having a relatively large tympanum (
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vs. 9b). Scales on head large uniform shield like (vs small, sub-triangular) (
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vs 10d).
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<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4FF9FE08FE8EFE44" authority="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak, 2018" authorityName="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak" authorityYear="2018" box="[199,353,404,428]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Monilesaurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4FF9FE08FE8EFE44" box="[199,353,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Monilesaurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4E56FE08FE24FE45" bold="true" box="[360,459,404,429]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">gen. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be easily diagnosed from the genera
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4C99FE08FBCBFE43" box="[935,1060,404,427]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4C99FE08FBCFFE43" authorityName="Wagler" authorityYear="1830" box="[935,1056,404,427]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Otocryptis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otocryptis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4B12FE08FF20FE38" authority="Deepak, Karanth &amp; Giri, 2016" authorityName="Deepak, Karanth &amp; Giri" authorityYear="2016" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Sarada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4B12FE08FB92FE44" box="[1068,1149,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Sarada</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4E35FE24FE1FFE38" authority="Cuvier, 1829" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1829" box="[267,496,439,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Sitana" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4E35FE24FEBCFE27" box="[267,339,440,463]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Sitana</emphasis>
Cuvier, 1829
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of a well-developed fifth toe (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4B2CFE2BFB4DFE38" box="[1042,1186,439,464]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37909" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma; Reptilia and Amphibia. Fol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp." type="book">Smith, 1935</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4B8EFE2BFA7EFE38" box="[1200,1425,439,464]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref34754" refString="Deepak, V., Giri, V. B., Asif, M., Dutta, S. K., Vyas, R., Zambre, A. M., Bhosale, H. &amp; Karanth, K. P. (2016) Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with description of one new genus and five new species. Contributions to Zoology, 85, 67 - 111." type="journal article">
Deepak
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4A31FE25FAA5FE38" box="[1295,1354,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">et al.</emphasis>
2016
</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4FA9FE40FEDEFE1C" authority="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak, 2018" authorityName="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak" authorityYear="2018" box="[151,305,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Monilesaurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4FA9FE40FEDEFE1C" box="[151,305,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Monilesaurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A260D262FFAAFFBC4E03FE40FE44FE1C" box="[317,427,476,501]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4E03FE40FE4BFE1D" bold="true" box="[317,420,476,501]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">gen. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4D71FE40FC9AFE1C" baseAuthorityName="Manthey &amp; Nabhitabhata" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[591,885,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Mantheyus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phuwuanensis">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4D71FE40FC9AFE1C" box="[591,885,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Mantheyus phuwuanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of femoral pores (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4A2AFE40FE97FDF0" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37073" refString="Manthey, U. &amp; Nabhitabhata, J. (1991) Eine neue Agame, Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis sp. n. (Sauria: Agamidae), aus Nordost- Thailand. Sauria, 13, 3 - 6." type="journal article">Manthey &amp; Nabhitabhata, 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4EB8FE63FD4CFDF0" box="[390,675,511,536]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref33790" refString="Ananjeva, N. B. &amp; Stuart, B. L. (2001) The agamid lizard Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis Manthey and Nabhitabhata, 1991 from Thailand and Laos represents a new genus. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 8 (3), 165 - 170." type="journal article">Ananjeva &amp; Stuart 2001</bibRefCitation>
); from the members of the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4B11FD9CFB52FDF0" authorityName="Kaup" authorityYear="1827" box="[1071,1213,512,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Bronchocela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4B11FD9CFB52FDF0" box="[1071,1213,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Bronchocela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of postorbital and supratympanic spines (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4D75FDB8FC61FDD4" box="[587,910,548,573]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref35625" refString="Hallermann, J. &amp; Bohme, W. (2000) A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia. Amphibia-Reptilia, 21 (2), 193 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156853800507372" type="journal article">Hallermann &amp; Böhme 2000</bibRefCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4CDFFDB8FB07FDD4" authority=", Ceratophora" authorityName="Ceratophora" box="[993,1256,548,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Cophotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4CDFFDB8FBA9FDD4" box="[993,1094,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Cophotis</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4B6BFDB8FB07FDD4" box="[1109,1256,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Ceratophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4BD7FDB8FA73FDD4" box="[1257,1436,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">
,
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4BCBFDB8FA78FDD4" authorityName="Merrem" authorityYear="1820" box="[1269,1431,548,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Lyriocephalus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lyriocephalus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4FA9FDD4FE2EFD88" authority="Peters, 1864" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1864" box="[151,449,583,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Ptyctolaemus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4FA9FDD4FEC1FD88" box="[151,302,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Ptyctolaemus</emphasis>
Peters, 1864
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4EEFFDD4FCE1FD88" authority="Hubrecht, 1881" authorityName="Hubrecht" authorityYear="1881" box="[465,782,583,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Phoxophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4EEFFDD4FDB9FD88" box="[465,598,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Phoxophrys</emphasis>
Hubrecht, 1881
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of external tympanum (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4BE6FDDBFA78FD88" box="[1240,1431,583,608]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref34283" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1885) Catalogue of lizards in the British museum. Fol. 1. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae, Second edition. British Museum (Natural History), London, 436 pp." type="book">Boulenger, 1885</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4FA9FDF0FECCFD6D" box="[151,291,620,645]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37909" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma; Reptilia and Amphibia. Fol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp." type="book">Smith, 1935</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4E11FDF1FE5CFD6D" box="[303,435,620,645]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref36442" refString="Inger, R. F. (1960) A review of the agamid lizards of the genus Phoxophrys Hubrecht. Copeia, 3, 221 - 225. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439661" type="journal article">Inger, 1960</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4E80FDF0FC5DFD6C" box="[446,946,620,645]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37318" refString="Pethiyagoda, R. &amp; Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (1998) A revision of the endemic Sri Lankan agamid lizard genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835, with description of two new species. Journal of South Asian natural History, 3 (1), 1 - 50." type="journal article">Pethiyagoda &amp; Manamendra-Arachchi 1998</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4C80FDF0FB42FD6C" box="[958,1197,620,645]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37734" refString="Schulte II, J. A., Vindum, J. V., Win, H., Thin, T., Lwin, K. S. &amp; Shein, A. K. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Ptyctolaemus (Squamata: Agamidae), with a description of a new species from Chin Hills of Western Myanmar. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55, 222 - 247." type="journal article">
Schulte II
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4B0DFDF1FB8CFD6C" box="[1075,1123,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">et al</emphasis>
. 2004
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4B87FDF0FA77FD6D" box="[1209,1432,620,645]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref33962" refString="Bahir, M. M. &amp; Silva, A. (2005) Otocryptis nigristigma, a new species of agamid lizard from Sri Lanka. In: Yeo, C. J., Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Pethiyagoda, R. (Eds.), Contributions to biodiversity exploration and research in Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 12 (Supplement), 393 - 406." type="journal article">Bahir &amp; Silva 2005</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4FA9FD13FDF0FD40" box="[151,543,655,680]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref36902" refString="Manamendra-Arachchi, K., de Silva, A. &amp; Amarasinghe, T. (2006) Description of a second species of Cophotis (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the highlands of Sri Lanka. Lyriocephalus, 6, 1 - 8." type="journal article">
Manamendra-Arachchi
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4E9CFD0DFE3CFD40" box="[418,467,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">et al</emphasis>
. 2006
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4D15FD13FC9CFD40" box="[555,883,655,680]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37815" refString="Samarawickrama, V. A. M. P. K., Ranawana, K. B., Rajapaksha, D. R. N. S., Ananjeva, N. B., Orlov, N. L., Ranasinghe, J. M. A. S. &amp; Samarawickrama, V. A. P. (2006) A new species of the genus Cophotis (Squamata: Agamidae) from Sri Lanka. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 13, 207 - 214." type="journal article">
Samarawickrama
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4DCBFD0DFCC8FD40" box="[757,807,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">et al</emphasis>
. 2006
</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4CB9FD0CFBCEFD40" authority="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak, 2018" authorityName="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak" authorityYear="2018" box="[903,1057,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Monilesaurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4CB9FD0CFBCEFD40" box="[903,1057,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Monilesaurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A260D262FFAAFFBC4B17FD13FB7CFD4F" box="[1065,1171,655,680]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4B17FD13FB63FD40" bold="true" box="[1065,1164,655,680]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">gen. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be diagnosed from
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4FA9FD28FE6BFD25" authority=", Gray 1853" authorityName=", Gray" authorityYear="1853" box="[151,388,692,717]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Japalura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4FA9FD28FEECFD24" box="[151,259,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Japalura,</emphasis>
Gray 1853
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of heterogenous dorsal scales and short and thick nuchal scales; from
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4A60FD28FEFBFD18" authority="Gray, 1845" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1845" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Salea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4A60FD28FA73FD24" box="[1374,1436,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Salea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4FA9FD44FEFBFD18" box="[151,276,727,752]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref35213" refString="Gray, E. (1845) Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection British museum. Trustees of die British Museum / Edward Newman, London, 289 pp." type="book">Gray, 1845</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4E1BFD44FE0DFD18" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[293,482,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Salea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anamallayana">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4E1BFD44FE0DFD18" box="[293,482,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">S. anamallayana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4D25FD44FD43FD18" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1845" box="[539,684,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Salea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="horsfieldii">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4D25FD44FD43FD18" box="[539,684,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">S. horsfieldii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) by the presence of small regular lateral scales and the absence of enlarged plate like scales between the eye and tympanum (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4C78FD60FC37FCFD" box="[838,984,764,789]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37909" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma; Reptilia and Amphibia. Fol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp." type="book">Smith, 1935</bibRefCitation>
); from
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4B0EFD60FAAFFCFC" box="[1072,1344,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Complictus nigrigularis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4A6CFD60FEDAFCD0" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37200" refString="Ota, H. &amp; Hikida, T. (1991) Taxonomic review of the lizards of the genus Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Agamidae Squamata) from Sabah, Malaysia. Tropical Zoology, 4 (2), 179 - 192. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1991.10539488" type="journal article">Ota &amp; Hikida, 1991</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4E6BFCBCFC84FCD0" authority="(de Grijs, 1937)" baseAuthorityName="de Grijs" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[341,875,799,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Hypsicalotes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kinabaulensis">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4E6BFCBCFD7DFCD0" box="[341,658,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Hypsicalotes kinabaulensis</emphasis>
(de Grijs, 1937)
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4CBAFCBCFB43FCD0" box="[900,1196,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Malayadracon robinsonii</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1908),
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4FA9FCD8FE39FCB5" authority="(Gunther, 1864)" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[151,470,836,861]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Oriocalotes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4FA9FCD8FEF4FCB4" box="[151,283,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Oriocalotes</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4E14FCD8FE21FCB5" box="[298,462,836,861]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref35460" refString="Gunther, A. (1864) The Reptiles of British India. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, 452 pp." type="book">Günther, 1864</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4EE3FCD8FC18FCB4" authority="(Manthey &amp; Grossmann, 1997)" baseAuthorityName="Manthey &amp; Grossmann" baseAuthorityYear="1997" box="[477,1015,836,861]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Pseudocophotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4EE3FCD8FD61FCB4" box="[477,654,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Pseudocophotis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4DA0FCD8FC00FCB4" box="[670,1007,836,861]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref34839" refString="Denzer, W., Gunther, R. &amp; Manthey, U. (1997) Annotated type catalogue of the Agamid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Museum fur Naturkunde der Humbolt-Universitat zu Berlin (former Zoological Museum Berlin). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 73 (2), 309 - 332. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 19970730209" type="journal article">Manthey &amp; Grossmann, 1997</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FFAAFFBC4B10FCD8FB3FFCB4" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" box="[1070,1232,836,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Pseudocalotes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4B10FCD8FB3FFCB4" box="[1070,1232,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Pseudocalotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of enlarged row of suborbital scales (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFFAAFFBC4D27FCFBFD48FC68" box="[537,679,871,896]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref37909" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma; Reptilia and Amphibia. Fol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp." type="book">Smith, 1935</bibRefCitation>
;
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4DFBFB80FCAFFBDD" bold="true" box="[709,832,1052,1077]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">comb. nov</emphasis>
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. The name bearing type is a male specimen housed at MNHN. The type locality of this species is named as “Indes orientales”.
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described another similar looking species from southern India,
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FFAAFFBC4BCBFBF8FA7BFB94" box="[1269,1428,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Calotes ellioti</emphasis>
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. Based on their size similarity
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called them dwarf species. Here, we formally transfer these two extant species to this new genus. We also describe two new species belonging to this genus based on similar morphological characters and their phylogenetic position.
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