v1i2.17

Submitted date: 25 July 2009
Accepted date: 30 September 2009
Published date: 22 November 2009
Pp. 111–114.

AN ABERRANT SPECIMEN OF Calotes grandisquamis GÜNTHER, 1875 (REPTILIA : AGAMIDAE) WITH COMMENTS ON ITS ALTITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION

S. R. Chandramouli*
*E-mail: findthesnakeman@gmail.com

Abstract
An adult female Calotes grandisquamis with unusual colouration was recorded from a low elevation plantation site near the foothills of the Ponmudi Hills, Western Ghats, which proves to be the lowest altitude from which this species has ever been recorded.

Key words : Abnormal coloration, Ponmudi Hills, Western Ghats

Section Editor: Aaron Bauer