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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 15th, 2024.


Taxonomy of the family Agamidae
Bibliography of the genus Monilesaurus
Biodiversity of the family Agamidae








Genus
Monilesaurus

Necklace Forest Agamas

Halsketten-Waldagamen

Halskædeagamer

2018 Monilesaurus Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak (type species: Calotes rouxii Duméril & Bibron 1837)
Contents: 4 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Species of this genus were previously included in Calotes.
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana).

Monilesaurus acanthocephalus

Spiny-headed Forest Agama

Stachelkopf-Waldagame

Tornhovedet Skovagam

2018 Monilesaurus acanthocephalus Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak

Distribution: India (Kerala).





Monilesaurus elliotti

White-spotted Tree Agama, South Indian Hill Calotes, (Elliott's Forest Lizard)

Elliotts Schönechse

Hvidplettet Pragtagam

1864 Calotes elliotti Günther
Monilesaurus elliotti Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018
1876 Bronchocela indica Theobald (Wermuth 1967)
1981 Calotes elliotti amarambalamensis Murthy (syn. Varadaraju & Ganesh 2024)

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu).


Monilesaurus montanus

Kudremukh Forest Agama

Kudremukh-Waldagame

Kudremukh-skovagam

2018 Monilesaurus montanus Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu).





Monilesaurus rouxii

Central Indian Forest Agama, (Roux's Forest Lizard, Forest Tree Agama, Forest Blood-sucker, Matheran Olive-brown Calotes)

Rouxs Schönechse

Centralindisk Pragtagam

1837 Calotes rouxii Dumeril & Bibron
Monilesaurus rouxii Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018

Remarks: Records from Darjeeling (West Bengal) (e.g., Sharma 1982; Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992), Uttar Pradesh (Kanaujia, Kumar & Kumar 2017), and Vietnam (Angel 1928) are questionable and need confirmation.
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana).