Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (Jan 2018)

Additional records and Further Data on Indian garden lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Sauria: Agamidae) from Iran

  • Ehsan Damadi,
  • Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani,
  • Rasoul Karamiani,
  • Morteza Akbarpour

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22067/ijab.v14i1.63469
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 29 – 35

Abstract

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In this study a total of four Calotes versicolor specimens (three males, one female), collected in different localities from April 2013 to March 2014 in Southeast of Iran were examined. The study was based on morphological features including color pattern, morphometric measurements, habits, biological observations especially habitat and distribution. Habits features, habitat and new distribution localities were documented. This is the first record of Calotes versicolor from the Kalesari village is 44 km away from the last record in Nahang River.

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