Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an agamid lizard found on the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands in India.[1] It is also known as the green crestless forest lizard,[1] Andaman and Nicobar forest lizard,[2] Andaman lizard, or Andaman green calotes.[3] This species is an almost exclusive canopy dweller, and is rarely seen.
The holotype of Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an adult male from the Andaman Islands collected by Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff in 1882.[4] It was recently rediscovered in the Andaman Islands.[5]
This species formerly included Microauris aurantolabium from southern India, now reclassified as a distinct species.[6]
Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an agamid lizard found on the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands in India. It is also known as the green crestless forest lizard, Andaman and Nicobar forest lizard, Andaman lizard, or Andaman green calotes. This species is an almost exclusive canopy dweller, and is rarely seen.
The holotype of Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an adult male from the Andaman Islands collected by Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff in 1882. It was recently rediscovered in the Andaman Islands.
Pseudocalotes andamanensis es una especie de iguanios de la familia Agamidae.[1]
Es endémica de las islas Nicobar, pertenecientes a la India.
Se encuentra amenazada por la pérdida de su hábitat natural.
Pseudocalotes andamanensis est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Agamidae[1].
Cette espèce est endémique des îles Nicobar en Inde[1].
Son nom d'espèce, composé de andaman et du suffixe latin -ensis, « qui vit dans, qui habite », lui a été donné en référence au lieu de sa découverte, les îles Andaman-et-Nicobar.