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title: "Roux's Forest Lizard"
description: "Monilesaurus rouxii — Reptilien. Monilesaurus rouxii, commonly known as Roux's forest lizard, Roux's forest calotes, or the forest blood sucker, is a species of arboreal, diurnal, agamid lizard, which is endemic to hills of peninsular India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/roux-s-forest-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Roux's Forest Lizard

> Monilesaurus rouxii — Reptilien. Monilesaurus rouxii, commonly known as Roux's forest lizard, Roux's forest calotes, or the forest blood sucker, is a species of arboreal, diurnal, agamid lizard, which is endemic to hills of peninsular India.

- Scientific name: *Monilesaurus rouxii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 1708
- iNaturalist taxon: [797730](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/797730)

## Names

- en: Roux's Forest Lizard

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1028)

## Summary

Monilesaurus rouxii, commonly known as Roux's forest lizard, Roux's forest calotes, or the forest blood sucker, is a species of arboreal, diurnal, agamid lizard, which is endemic to hills of peninsular India. In July 2018, it was proposed that the species should be transferred to the new genus Monilesaurus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monilesaurus_rouxii

## Photo

![Roux's Forest Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/roux-s-forest-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: SUBHASHGHULE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/378987671

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/roux-s-forest-lizard?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).