Calotes minor
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Calotes
Species: Calotes minor
Name
Calotes minor (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
- Holotype: based on unpublished colour sketch by Hardwicke (Hardwicke NHM archives No. 82).
- Type locality: “Chittagong. Var. Mhendy Ghat. Sandy plains” (in error).
Combinations
- Agama minor Hardwicke & Gray, 1827: 218 [original combination]
- Brachysaura minor — Moody, 1980 [subsequent combination]
- Laudakia minor — Das, 1994 [subsequent combination, in error]
- Calotes minor — Deepak et al., 2015: 379 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
References
Primary references
- Hardwicke, T. & Gray, J.E. 1827. A synopsis of the species of saurian reptiles, collected in India by Major-General Hardwicke. The Zoological Journal 3: 213–229. BHL Reference page.
- Blyth, E. 1856. [Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 25: 448–449. BHL
- Deepak, V., Vyas, R., Giri, V.B. & Karanth, K.P. 2015. A taxonomic mystery for more than 180 years: the identity and systematic position of Brachysaura minor (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827). Vertebrate Zoology 65(3): 371–381. Full article (PDF).
Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Calotes minor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 November 2019.
- Khan, M.S. & Papenfuss, T. 2016. IUCN: Calotes minor (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T170377A104646004. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T170377A104646004.en