Wildlifeof India
Monilesaurus ellioti
Agamids & Forest Lizards
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Monilesaurus ellioti
Basic stats
Habitat
Rainforest and adjacent coffee, cardamom, tea, areca and vanilla plantations, from sea level to 1,100m
Range
Western Ghats: Anaimalai, Agasthyamalai, Cardamom Hills, Palni Hills, Nilgiris, Wayanad, Coorg and Kudremukh
Size
Head and body up to about 7.6cm; tail about 22cm
Elliot's forest lizard is an arboreal, diurnal agamid lizard endemic to the Western Ghats of India. The upper head scales are feebly keeled and much enlarged above the eyes, and there are a small spine behind the brow edge and two others on each side of the neck above the ear. Head and body reach about 7.6 cm, with a tail of about 22 cm (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found in the Anaimalai, Agasthyamalai, Cardamom, Palni and Nilgiri hills, in Wayanad, Coorg and Kudremukh. It inhabits rainforest and adjacent plantations of coffee, cardamom and tea, and even areca and vanilla plantations, from sea level to 1,100 m.
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Monilesaurus ellioti live in?
- Rainforest and adjacent coffee, cardamom, tea, areca and vanilla plantations, from sea level to 1,100m
- Where is the Monilesaurus ellioti found?
- Western Ghats: Anaimalai, Agasthyamalai, Cardamom Hills, Palni Hills, Nilgiris, Wayanad, Coorg and Kudremukh
- How big is the Monilesaurus ellioti?
- Head and body up to about 7.6cm; tail about 22cm