Calotes versicolor ( Daudin, 1802a )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 799

Calotes versicolor ( Daudin, 1802a)

Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 23.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂, USMHC 2451 , 1 juvenile, USMHC 2452 .

Identification and natural history. One adult male ( USMHC 2451, SVL 74 mm, TL 218 mm) and one

juvenile ( USMHC 2452, SVL 57 mm, TL 166 mm) matched Das’s (2015), Grismer’s (2011b) and Pal et al.’s (2018) diagnosis in having a robust and compressed body; large head; well-developed nuchal and dorsal crest; lack of postorbital spine; body scales point backward and upward; 10–12 supralabials; 9–11 infralabials; 38–50 midbody scale rows; greyish-brown dorsum with irregular darker patches on the flanks and irregular dark crossbar on legs. Both specimens were found sleeping on vegetation along forest trail at night.