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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 4: 30 May 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.4.7
Page range: 395-400
Abstract views: 137
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Leaping from Mizoram to Meghalaya: First documentation of Calotes zolaiking Giri, Chaitanya, Mahony, Lalronunga, Lalrinchhana, Das, Sarkar, Karanth & Deepak, 2019 (Sauria: Agamidae) outside its type locality in Mizoram, India

Help Earth; 16; Raghunath Choudhury Path; Lachitnagar; Guwahati; Assam 781007; India
Department of Zoology; Assam Don Bosco University; Sonapur 782402; India
Rohbah; South West Khasi Hills District; Mawkyrwat; Meghalaya793114; India
Mawmluh; Sohra; East Khasi Hills District; Meghalaya 793108; India
Department of Zoology; Assam Don Bosco University; Sonapur 782402; India
Department of Zoology; Assam Don Bosco University; Sonapur 782402; India
Department of Zoology; Assam Don Bosco University; Sonapur 782402; India
Help Earth; 16; Raghunath Choudhury Path; Lachitnagar; Guwahati; Assam 781007; India
Reptilia Sauria Agamidae India

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How to Cite

Bohra, S.C., Ranglong, C., Thongni, G., Wankhar, B., Umlong, C.M., Das, M., Warjri, H. & Purkayastha, J. (2025) Leaping from Mizoram to Meghalaya: First documentation of Calotes zolaiking Giri, Chaitanya, Mahony, Lalronunga, Lalrinchhana, Das, Sarkar, Karanth & Deepak, 2019 (Sauria: Agamidae) outside its type locality in Mizoram, India. Zootaxa, 5642 (4), 395–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.4.7