NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Green Crestless Forest Lizard
Pseudocalotes andamanensis (Boulenger, 1891)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an agamid lizard found on the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands in India. It is also known as the green crestless forest lizard, Andaman and Nicobar forest lizard, Andaman lizard, or Andaman green calotes. This species is an almost exclusive canopy dweller, and is rarely seen.
The holotype of Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an adult male from the Andaman Islands collected by Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff in 1882. It was recently rediscovered in the Andaman Islands.
Wikipedia contributors, Pseudocalotes andamanensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:57:08.044456+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pseudocalotes andamanensis (Boulenger, 1891)
- Name authority
- (Boulenger, 1891)
- Common name
- Green Crestless Forest Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Pseudocalotes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- subfamilyDraconinae
- genusPseudocalotes
- speciesPseudocalotes andamanensis (Boulenger, 1891)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudocalotes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam False BloodsuckerPseudocalotes brevipes (Werner, 1904) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Purple-throated False Garden LizardPseudocalotes cybelidermus Harvey, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Shaney & Smith, 2014 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malaya False BloodsuckerPseudocalotes flavigula (Smith, 1924) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flower’s Forest AgamidPseudocalotes floweri (Boulenger, 1912) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kingdonward's BloodsuckerPseudocalotes kingdonwardi (Smith, 1935) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bukit Larut False Garden LizardPseudocalotes larutensis Hallermann & Mcguire, 2001 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laotian False BloodsuckerPseudocalotes poilani (Bourret, 1939) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stitched-back False Garden LizardPseudocalotes rhammanotus Harvey, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Shaney & Smith, 2014 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudocalotes saravacensis Inger & Stuebing, 1994 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ziegler’s Tree LizardPseudocalotes ziegleri Hallermann, Truong, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2010 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dash-lined False Garden LizardPseudocalotes guttalineatus Harvey, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Shaney & Smith, 2014 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drogon’s False Garden LizardPseudocalotes drogon Grismer, Quah, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Davis, Murdoch, Grismer, Cota & Cobos, 2016 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Calotes andamanensis Boulenger, 1891 Boulenger, 1891 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pseudocalotes&species=andamanensis Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4NQL2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.