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Salea
Sign in to saveSalea is a genus of arboreal, slow-moving, diurnal, insectivorous, egg-laying agamid lizards endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. It has two species, each inhabiting very high mountainous tracts of the Western Ghats in the Shola forest ecosystems.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAgamidae
Observations recorded237
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Agamidae
- Collections
- CAS, CM, ZMUC, MNHN
- Recorded in
- India, Burma, Inde
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- Parent taxon
- Draconinae
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- Salea anamallayana.JPG
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Salea is a genus of arboreal, slow-moving, diurnal, insectivorous, egg-laying agamid lizards endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. It has two species, each inhabiting very high mountainous tracts of the Western Ghats in the Shola forest ecosystems.
==Description== Albert Günther, in his treatise "The Reptiles of British India", described Salea as follows:
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