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Forest Calotes

Calotes rouxii




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7 Comments

Gopal murali
Gopal murali a year ago

@S Frazier yes sir its a rouxii i was bit confused :)

S Frazier
S Frazier a year ago

This spotting is Calotes rouxii. Psammophilus dorsalis superficially resembles this spotting but note, it has a much larger area of red/orange, it has shorter spines, and it does not have faint lines radiating from the eyes, as does this spotting. Here is a red/orange forest Calotes http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayi... Most importantly, Psammophilus dorsalis is found on the east side of India http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=... and this spotting is on the west within the range of Calotes rouxii. See range map here http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/spe...

Gopal murali
Gopal murali a year ago

Its Psammophilus dorsalis male..nice find sir.!!

Nilesh Sutar
Nilesh Sutar a year ago

thanks for suggestion

S Frazier
S Frazier a year ago

That way others can endorse it by clicking the plus sign. Anyway, I agree with your comment chimetsetan :-)

S Frazier
S Frazier a year ago

Why not "suggest" this? :-)

chimetsetan
chimetsetan a year ago

Forest Calotes. Calotes rouxii. :) good one.

Maharashtra, India

Lat: 15.89, Long: 73.86

Spotted on May 19, 2010
Submitted on May 6, 2012

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