Calotes mystaceus (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 251

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968172

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF60-B88C-FF6B-46FD7D0F0C2C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Calotes mystaceus (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)
status

 

Calotes mystaceus (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.

Blue Crested Lizard

Singapore records.

Calotes mystaceus —I.T. Law, 2020: 191 (Sungei Tengah [compound of Qian Hu Fish Farm]).

Remarks. On 28 September 2020, one specimen of C. mystaceus was photographed at Qian Hu Fish Farm in Sungei Tengah (Law 2020). Native to India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, China, Cambodia, and Thailand (Chan-ard et al. 2015), the individual either entered the country as a stowaway on imported plants or it is an abandoned or escaped pet.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Genus Egernia Gray, 1838 (1 species)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Calotes

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