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''Calotes mystaceus'', the Indo-Chinese forest lizard is an agamid lizard found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia. ==Description/Identification== Physical Structure: Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, scarcely enlarged on supraorbital region; a few small spines on each side of the head above the tympanum; latter measuring at least half the diameter of the orbit. Gular sac small; gular scales feebly keeled, as large as dorsals. An oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest well developed in the male,composed of falciform spines directed backwards, the longest measuring the diameter of the orbit; it gradually decreases in height on the back, being reduced to a mere denticulation on the sacrum. 45-53 scales round the middle of the body; dorsal scales keeled, nearly twice as large as ventrals, all directed upwards and backwards; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum or the posterior border of the orbit; fourth finger slightly longer than the third. Tail a little compressed, at the base with a slightly serrated upper ridge. Color Pattern: Background color grey to olive, frequently with large transverse red spots on the back; lips yellowish.〔Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.〕 Length: Maximum: 42 cm., Common: 28 cm. (Snout to vent 9.5 cm.). 〔http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/colorful-new-lizard-vietnam-animals-science/〕 Maximum published weight: ? g. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calotes mystaceus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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