Calotes, Cuvier, 1816, Cuvier, 1816

Wagner, Philipp, Ihlow, Flora, Hartmann, Timo, Flecks, Morris, Schmitz, Andreas & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2021, Integrative approach to resolve the Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 species complex (Squamata: Agamidae), Bonn zoological Bulletin 70 (1), pp. 141-171 : 163

Key to the species using the characters of male coloration

1. Brownish dorsolateral blotches ............................... 2

– No brownish dorsolateral blotches.............................. 4

2. Prominent dark brown dorsolateral blotches............. ................................................... Calotes goetzi sp. n.

– Brownish orange/tan/light brown dorsolateral blotches ................................................................... 3

3. Whitish stripe from snout-tip to hindlimb insertion continuous between orange to light brown blotches, body robust with relatively short limbs..................... ............................................... Calotes geissleri sp. n.

– Whitish stripe from snout-tip to front limb insertion, posterior to tympanum becoming brownish beige and fusing with faint brownish dorsolateral blotches, body slender with relatively long limbs .................... ..................................................... Calotes mystaceus

4. Yellowish stripe from below eye to posterior end of head .................................................. Calotes bachae

– Whitish stripe from tip of snout continuing to beyond limb insertion ........... Calotes vindumbarbatus sp. n.