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Ptyctolaemus gularis

(Ptyctolaemus gularis)

Description

The green fan-throated lizard (Ptyctolaemus gularis) is a species of agamid lizard found in Bangladesh, China (Tibet), India (Northeast- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Khasi Hills, Mizoram) and Myanmar (Kachin, Chin), and possibly in Bhutan. The type locality, "Calcutta", is in error fide Zhao & Adler 1993; Ananjeva & Stuart (2001) give it as Margherita, in Patkai Mountains, Upper Assam. Ptyctolaemus gularis is the type species of the genus Ptyctolaemus.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Agamidae
Genus:Ptyctolaemus
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