Monilesaurus

Monilesaurus is a genus of lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae and is a new genus^[1] described in 2018.^[2] Currently it consists of 4 species, with 2 new species and 2 species split from the genus Calotes.

Monilesaurus
Monilesaurus rouxii, male in breeding plumage, Roux's forest lizard or Forest Calotes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Monilesaurus Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak, 2018
Species
4 species, see here

Geographic range

The genus Monilesaurus is native to the Western Ghats of India.

Species

Below species were split from Calotes genus:

• Monilesaurus ellioti Günther, 1864 – Elliot's forest lizard
• Monilesaurus rouxii Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Roux's forest lizard, Roux's forest calotes, forest blood sucker

Below species are described newly under this genus:

• Monilesaurus acanthocephalus PAL, VIJAYAKUMAR, SHANKER, JAYARAJAN & DEEPAK, 2018 – spiny-headed forest lizard
• Monilesaurus montanus PAL, VIJAYAKUMAR, SHANKER, JAYARAJAN & DEEPAK, 2018 – montane forest lizard