surface; femoral pores 4-6 Physignathus 
[A single species: P. cocincinus] 
Body and tail depressed, without crest; tympanum in 
depression; pores 13-18 Leiolepis 
[A single species: L. belliana rubritaeniata ] 
Acanthosaurus 
Length of spines behind orbit and on side of neck subequal to 
diameter of eye; hind limb brought forward reaching midway 
between eye and tympanum armata 
Length of spines less than half diamter of eye; hind limb 
brought forward reaching midway between snout and eye 
lepidogaster 
Agama 
Ventrals smooth; caudal scales arranged in rings 2 
Ventrals keeled; caudal scales overlapping sanguinolenta 
Mid-vertebral scales distinctly keeled 
Mid-vertebral scales smooth or feebly keeled 4 
Lateral scales smaller than dorsals stoliczkaia 
Laterals not smaller than dorsals tarimensis 
Laterals uniform himalayana 
Laterals small, with a few large ones dispersed among’ them 
tuberculata 
Calotes 
A fold at shoulder 4 
No fold at shoulder, or with a feeble fold 2 
Scales around body less than 60 versicolor 
Scales around body more than 60 3 
Hind limb brought forward reaching to axilla or _ shoulder; 
scales around body 65-72 microlepis 
Hind limb not reaching axilla; scales around body 73-80... 
breva pes 
Scales on back not uniform, a few scattered large scales; 
dorsals and ventrals equal khasiensis 
Dorsals uniform, larger than ventrals b) 
Spines behind eye; color brown emma 
No spines behind eye 6 
Without gular pouch; color green jerdoni 
Gular pouch present 7 
Tip of scales pointed upward and back; scales around body 48- 
58; hind limb brought forward reaching shoulder mystaceus 
Tip of scales pointed downward and back, except for upper 2 
6r 3 rows; scales around body 45; hind limb reaching neck or 
eye kingdon-wardi 
Draco 
Tympanum without scales; nostrils open upward blanfordi 
Tympanum scaled; nostrils open outward maculatus 
Japalura 
Hind limb brought forward reaching tip of snout or beyond... 
andersoniana 
Hind limb not reaching tip of snout 2 
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