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| taxon = Pseudocalotes andamanensis<br />
| image = Pseudocalotes andamanensis.JPG<br />
| image_caption = Male<br />
| authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1891)<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Pseudocalotes|species=andamanensis|accessdate=17 January 2015}}</ref><br />
| synonyms = {{species list<br />
| Calotes andamanensis | Boulenger, 1891<br />
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'''''Pseudocalotes andamanensis''''' is an agamid lizard found on the [[Nicobar Islands]] and the [[Andaman Islands]] in India.<ref name=RDB/> It is also known as the '''green crestless forest lizard''',<ref name=RDB/> '''Andaman and Nicobar forest lizard''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonnames/id186941/ |title=''Pseudocalotes andamanensis'' |year=2014 |work=BioLib |accessdate=17 January 2015}}</ref> '''Andaman lizard''', or '''Andaman green calotes'''.<ref name=rrf>{{cite web |url=http://www.reefandrainforest.co.uk/wildlife-news.php |title=Wildlife news |work=Reef & Rainforest |accessdate=17 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222114749/http://www.reefandrainforest.co.uk/wildlife-news.php |archive-date=2014-12-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This species is an almost exclusive canopy dweller, and is rarely seen.<br />
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The [[holotype]] of ''Pseudocalotes andamanensis'' is an adult male from the Andaman Islands collected by [[Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff]] in 1882.<ref>Zoological Museum collection, [[Københavns Universitet]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] (ZMUC) 36944</ref> It was recently rediscovered in the Andaman Islands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Harikrishnan |first1=S. |last2=Vasudevan |first2=K. |year=2013 |title=Rediscovery of ''Calotes andamanensis'' Boulenger, 1891, and assessment of its generic allocation |journal=Herpetozoa |volume=26 |issue=1/2 |pages=3-13 |issn=1013-4425}}</ref><br />
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==Taxonomy==<br />
This species formerly included ''[[Microauris aurantolabium]]'' from southern India, now reclassified as a distinct species.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Krishnan | first1 = S. | year = 2008 | title = New species of ''Calotes'' (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India | journal = Journal of Herpetology | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | pages = 530–535 | doi = 10.1670/06-198.1| s2cid = 86131722 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite journal |last=Boulenger |first=G.A. |year=1891 |title=On new or little known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians |journal=Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. |series=6 |volume=8 |pages=288-292}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last1=Ishwar |first1=N. M. |last2=Das |first2=I. |year=1998 |title=Rediscovery of ''Calotes andamanensis'' Boulenger 1891, and a reassessment of the type locality. |journal=J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. |volume=95 |pages=513-514}}<br />
* {{cite thesis |last=Ishwar |first=N. M. |year=2001 |title=Reptilian Species Distribution in Response to Habitat Fragmentation and Microhabitats in the Rainforests of Southern Western Ghats, India |type=PhD |publisher=Forest Research Institute (Deemed University) |place=Uttaranchal, India}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last=Krishnan |first=S. |year=2008 |title=New Species of ''Calotes'' (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Southern Western Ghats, India |journal=Journal of Herpetology |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=530-535 |issn=0022-1511 |doi=10.1670/06-198.1}}<br />
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[[Category:Pseudocalotes]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1891]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger]]<br />
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