Added 12 June 2022.
A relatively new genus created after the systematic revision of Calotes. The authors decided on the basis of Calotes aurantolabium's deep divergence with other Calotes species and its sister-relationship with the clade composed of Calotes, Monilesaurus, and Psammophilus. and thus based on its phylogenetic position and morphological attributes, to assign it to the new genus Microauris.
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Species Name |
Common Name |
Distribution |
Size |
Notes |
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Microauris |
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M. aurantolabium |
Orange-Lipped Forest Lizard |
India (Western Ghats) |
?? SVL |
Formerly assigned to Calotes. See Reptile Database entry for details. |
“A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species”, Saunak Pal, S P Vijakakumar, Kartik Shanker, Aditi Jayaran, V Deepak, Zootaxa Vol 4482 No 3, September 2018. The abstract only was read for the purposes of this article.