Calotes bachae Hartmann, Geissler, Poyarkov, Ihlow, Galoyan, Rodder &amp; Bohme 2013
Creators: name: Wagner, Philipp
name: Ihlow, Flora
name: Hartmann, Timo
name: Flecks, Morris
name: Schmitz, Andreas
name: Böhme, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Agamidae
Calotes
Calotes bachae

description: <i>Calotes bachae</i> Hartmann, Geissler, Poyarkov, Ihlow, Galoyan, Rödder &amp; Böhme 2013: 252 (Fig. 2, Clade E) Hartmann, T., Geissler, P., Poyarkov, N. A. J., Ihlow, F., Galoyan, E. A., Rödder, D. &amp; W. Böhme (2013). Anew species of the genus <i>Calotes</i> Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3599 (3): 246–260. <b>Holotype.</b> ZFMK 88935 (adult male, Fig. 5 A-B, Clade E) from “ Vietnam, Dong Nai Province, Cat Tien National Park (11.6344444° N 107.456667° E), 104 m elevation,” collected by Peter Geissler on May 10 th 2009. <b>Original Diagnosis.</b> Amedium-sized <i>Calotes</i> with a maximum SVL of 97 mm. It can be distinguished from all taxa of the <i>C. mystaceus</i> complex by the combination of the following characters: 1) head and body robust; 2) body scales homogeneous, relatively small, feebly keeled and arranged in regular rows; 3) 44–50 midbody scale rows; 4) upper dorsolateral scales pointing backwards and upwards; 5) two short and well separated spines, surrounded by three to four scales on either side of the upper head above the tympanum; 6) nuchal and dorsal crest continuous, composed of erected compressed scales, directed posteriorly; 7) vertebral spines and scales in males 35–42 and in females 43–46; 8) oblique fold of skin in front of fore limb insertion distinct, covered with small granular dark scales; 9) extremities and tail relatively long and slender (see comparison with <i>C. mystaceus</i> for details); 10) bluish to turquoise head and anterior body part, this coloration not well exceeding front limb insertion; 11) yellowish light stripe at upper lip reaching from below anterior corner of eye to posterior end of head; 12) no dorsolateral brownish blotches, sometimes faint medial brownish blotches across the vertebral crest. <b>Male coloration.</b> The brilliant coloration of adult males is characterized by a brightly colored bluish to turquoise head, with bluish coloration continuing posteriorly to fore limb insertion. There is a relatively faded light (bright yellowish, when under acute distress, a character typical for <i>C. bachae</i> only) stripe at the upper lip crossing the tympanum from beneath the eye to end of head. Gular pouch colored in darker blue, interscale skin black. Atriangular to crescent-shaped patch of small black scales is present in front of shoulder. Very faint brownish blotches extending mid-dorsally over the vertebral crest, from above fore limb insertion on to tail; posterior to fore limb insertion brownish orange in color on trunk and tail; hind limb in a slightly darker brown; venter cream. <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Calotes bachae</i> is known from southern Vietnam, with two specimens reported from the Vietnam-China border in northern Vietnam, and from eastern Cambodia (Fig. 1). <b>Ecology.</b> <i>Calotes bachae</i> is a diurnal, semi-arboreal lizard, often observed climbing on tree trunks at a height of 5–10 meters above the ground. The species mainly inhabits dipterocarp lowland forests and cultural landscapes up to 700 m a.s.l. The species seems to be quite heliophilic, preferring more open habitats without closed canopies (Hartmann et al. 2013), but was also observed in dense tropical monsoon forests with closed canopy, in open gallery forest, and anthropogenic habitats like roadsides within the forest or open park landscapes within the headquarters of the park. In these anthropogenic habitats <i>C. bachae</i> occurs in syntopy with <i>Calotes versicolor</i> (Hartmann et al. 2013). According to Hartmann et al. (2013) <i>C. bachae</i> feeds onnumerous arthropods including Formicidae, Coleoptera, Orthoptera, and Myriapoda. Males acquire their breeding coloration at the end of February, while gravid females have been found mid-April and egg-laying of a clutch of five eggs was observed in April and May. Juveniles hatched after 56 days while incubated at 22 to 25° Cin captivity. <i>Calotes bachae</i> (<i>n</i> = 17): BMNH 1927.5.20.30, BMNH 1927.5.20.31, BMNH 1927.5.20.32, MNHN 1927.44, MNHN 1927.46, ZFMK 88935, ZFMK 88936 (now IEBR A.2012.23), ZFMK 88937, ZFMK 92028, ZFMK 92029, ZFMK 94395, ZFMK 94396, ZFMK 94397, ZMMU NAP 01509, ZMMU NAP 01512, ZMMU NAP 02910, ZMMU NAP 02911.
description: Published as part of <i>Wagner, Philipp, Ihlow, Flora, Hartmann, Timo, Flecks, Morris, Schmitz, Andreas &amp; Böhme, Wolfgang, 2021, Integrative approach to resolve the Calotes mystaceus Duméril &amp; Bibron, 1837 species complex (Squamata: Agamidae), pp. 141-171 in Bonn zoological Bulletin 70 (1)</i> on pages 143-166, DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2021.70.1.141, http://zenodo.org/record/5643781
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