''Pseudocalotes andamanensis'' is an agamid lizard found on the

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and the

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in India. It is also known as the green crestless forest lizard, Andaman and Nicobar forest lizard, Andaman lizard, or Andaman green calotes. This species is an almost exclusive canopy dweller, and is rarely seen. The holotype of ''Pseudocalotes andamanensis'' is an adult male from the Andaman Islands collected by

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in 1882. It was recently rediscovered in the Andaman Islands.

Taxonomy

This species formerly included ''

Microauris aurantolabium ''Microauris'' is a monotypic genus of agamid lizard. Its only species is ''Microauris aurantolabium'', also known as the small-eared dragon or orange-lipped forest lizard, found in the forests of the southern Western Ghats and is currently kno ...

'' from southern India, now reclassified as a distinct species.

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