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International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences Research Article

Received on: 02/05/2019

Revised on: 02/11/2019

Accepted on: 02/13/2019

Published on: 02/16/2019

  • J. Sornapriya, N. Narmadha and M. Lekeshmanaswamy( 2019).

    Diversity of Calotes versicolor (Iguania: Aganidae) in Periyanaickenpalyam village, Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu, India

    . International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 4( 1), 31-36.

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Abstract

The study examined the diversity of Calotes versicolor (Iguania: Aganidae) in Periyanaickenpalyam village, Coimbatore district as there is no adequate information pertaining to Indian garden lizard (C.versicolor) diversity of this region. The present study was carried out during September 2018 to January 2019. The only species identified was C.versicolor. The species belonged to the order squamata and class Reptilia and order Agamidae and family Chamaeleonidae. During the five months of observation (SEP 18- JAN19), totally 35 C. versicolor were recorded in different trees. Among the species, the highest number of species representation in Musa acuminate (n=5). During month wise abundance September, C. versicolor movement is rich in number (n=12) and less in January (n=2) in the study area.

Keywords

Calotes versicolor, Chamaeleonidae, Musa acuminate, Diversity.