Calotes versicolor farooqi Auffenberg and Rehmann, 1995:27

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Calotes versicolor farooqi Auffenberg and Rehmann, 1995:27

1995 Calotes versicolor farooqi Auffenberg and Rehman , Calotes versicolor nigrigularis Auffenberg and Rehman 1993 a junior primary homonym. Asiatic Herpetological Research 6:27.

HOLOTYPE.— FMNH 79470 , adult male from “rocky hillside Shargal , 20 km S of Balakot Manshera Dist., Northwest Frontier Province (lat. 34.3°N, long. 73.4°E), Pakistan.”

LOCALITIES.— Alikhel [2200 m, Prov. Paktia] ( ZFMK 8631 ) ; Jalalabad ( MMB 28465–66 ) ; 30 km SW Jalalabad ( CAS 120557 , CAS 120720 ) ; 40 km SW Jalalabad ( CAS 120721–22 ) ; 45 km W Jalalabad ( CAS 120558 ) ; Btwn Kabul and Sarobi , nr rd, 30 mi E of Kabul [34°33′N, 69°35′E, Prov. Kabul] ( CAS 96257 ) ; Nimla [1000 m, Prov. Nangerhar] ( ZFMK 8630 ) [see pl. 2, fig. 3 for distribution].

REMARKS.— This taxon was described by Auffenberg and Rehmann (1993) as Calotes versicolor nigrigularis but the authors overlooked Calotes nigrigularis Ota and Hikida, 1991 and, therefore, their name is a junior primary homonym. Somewhat later, the same authors introduced Calotes versicolor farooqi as a new name for the previous taxon (Auffenberg and Rehmann 1995). Clark et al. (1969) and Clark (1990) collected several individuals on stone walls near streams, on earth banks, bamboo thickets and amongst vegetation. The BMNH collection holds a number of specimens labeled as “ Calotes emma, BMNH 1946 .8.11.26 [type]”, “ Calotes jerdoni, BMNH 1860 .3.19.1021”, “ Calotes maria, BMNH 1860 .3.19.1020, BMNH 1946.8.11. 24 [type]” and “ Calotes versicolor, BMNH XXIV. 29.k, BMNH XXIV.29.t, BMNH 1860.3.19. 1022” from “ Afghanistan ” most of which have not been examined but likely could represent this taxon.