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The Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard (Calotes jerdoni ) is an agamid lizard found in China and South Asia .
Description/Identification
Physical Structure: Body side flat; limbs and tail long; throat with hanging meat; lash back with a mane-like scales ridge.
Color Pattern: Body color normally green or greenish, but in many cases can make the body into a dark brown within a few seconds.
Length: Maximum: 44 cm, Common: 32 cm. (Snout to vent 9 cm.).
Maximum published weight: ? g.
Distribution
Bangladesh , Bhutan , China (W Yunnan, Xizang = Tibet ), India (Khasi Hills in Assam & Shillong) and Myanmar .
Vernacular names
Bengali: সবুজ গিরিগিটি (Sabuj girigiti), সবুজ রক্তচোষা।
Bhutanese: ?
Burmese: ?
Chinese: ?
English: Green forest lizard, Green garden lizard, Indo-Chinese forest lizard and Jerdon's forest lizard.
Hindi & Assamese: ?
Habitat
Terrestrial & arboreal ; diurnal (? ); found in many types of forested land.
Diet
Feeds mainly on insects and some small invertebrates.
Reproduction
Oviparous ; -----.
Uses
No known practical uses. Play rolls in echo-system by eating various types of insects and otherwise.
Threat to humans
Non-venomous and completely harmless to humans.
IUCN threat status
Not Evaluated (NE ).
References
Annandale,Nelson 1905 Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. Suppl. II. Notes on the Oriental lizards in the Indian Museum, with a list of the species recorded from British India and Ceylon. J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1(2 ):81-93.
Günther 1871 Descriptions of a new Indian lizard of the genus Calotes . Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1870:778-779.
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 0 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 5 , a t 0 8 : 2 1 ( U T C ) . ● T h i s v e r s i o n o f t h e p a g e h a s b e e n r e v i s e d . B e s i d e s n o r m a l e d i t i n g , t h e r e a s o n f o r r e v i s i o n m a y h a v e b e e n t h a t t h i s v e r s i o n c o n t a i n s f a c t u a l i n a c c u r a c i e s , v a n d a l i s m , o r m a t e r i a l n o t c o m p a t i b l e w i t h t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
