{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Forest Calotes Calotes rouxii Male by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN4821 (29).jpg | image_caption = ''Monilesaurus rouxii'', male in breeding plumage, <br>Roux's forest lizard or Forest Calotes | taxon = Monilesaurus | authority = Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak, 2018 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 4 species, see here }}
'''''Monilesaurus''''' is a genus of lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae and is a new genus<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1|pmid=30313808|title=A systematic revision of ''Calotes'' Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species |url=https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4482.3.1|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4482|issue=3|pages=401–450|year=2018|last1=Pal|first1=Saunak|last2=Vijayakumar|first2=S.P.|last3=Shanker|first3=Kartik|last4=Jayarajan|first4=Aditi|last5=Deepak|first5=V.}}</ref> described in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Monilesaurus&submit=Search |title=Search Genus ''Monilesaurus'' |website=The Reptile Database}}</ref> Currently it consists of 4 species, with 2 new species and 2 species split from the genus ''Calotes''.
==Geographic range== The genus ''Monilesaurus'' is native to the Western Ghats of India.
==Species== Below species were split from ''Calotes'': * ''Monilesaurus ellioti'' {{small|Günther, 1864}} – Elliot's forest lizard * ''Monilesaurus rouxii'' {{small|Duméril & Bibron, 1837}} – Roux's forest lizard, Roux's forest calotes, forest blood sucker
Below species are described newly under this genus: * ''Monilesaurus acanthocephalus'' {{small|Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan, & Deepak, 2018}} – spiny-headed forest lizard * ''Monilesaurus montanus'' {{small|Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan, & Deepak, 2018}} – montane forest lizard
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==External links== * {{cite news|author=Sandhya Sekar|editor=Kartik Chandramouli|url=https://india.mongabay.com/2018/10/26/photo-feature-meet-the-new-species-of-dragon-lizards-from-the-western-ghats/|title=[Photo-feature] Meet the new species of dragon lizards from the Western Ghats|work=Mongabay}} * {{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/2-new-species-of-lizards-found-in-western-ghats/articleshow/65986486.cms|date=September 28, 2018|author=Vijay Pinjarkar|title=Two new species of lizards found in Western Ghats|work=The Times of India}}
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Category:Monilesaurus Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by Veerappan Deepak