{"id":48887,"date":"2025-05-31T14:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T08:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=48887"},"modified":"2025-05-31T16:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:48:59","slug":"calotes-zolaiking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/calotes-zolaiking\/","title":{"rendered":"Calotes zolaiking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Calotes zolaiking Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, Calotes zolaiking, a rare lizard species, was recorded for the first time in Meghalaya.<\/p>\n<h2>About Calotes zolaiking<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>species of garden lizard<\/strong>, was first described in 2019 from Mizoram\u2019s Aizawl district by a team of scientists.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong>\u00a0These are about 5 inches long and their bodies are various\u00a0<strong>shades of green with dark patches throughout.<\/strong>\u00a0They are\u00a0<strong>\u201cstrongly keeled,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0meaning each of the lizard\u2019s long scales has a ridge in the middle, giving it a sharper overall appearance.<\/li>\n<li>India is home to 14 species of Calotes, nine of which have been recorded in the\u00a0<strong>Northeast.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are Calotes?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are arboreal (tree-dwelling) lizards of the family Agamidae and are remarkable for their\u00a0<strong>extreme colour changes when excited.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are\u00a0<strong>diurnal,<\/strong>\u00a0run fast on the ground and swim in water.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong>\u00a0It is found in gardens and forests of\u00a0<strong>India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet:<\/strong>\u00a0Their diet is made up of insects and other\u00a0<strong>small invertebrates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Calotes zolaiking FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:\u00a0<\/strong>What are Calotes also known as?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Forest lizards<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the respiratory system of Calotes?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0The respiratory tract includes the external nares, nasal chambers, internal nares, glottis, larynx, trachea and bronchi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/rare-lizard-in-meghalaya-fuels-grassroots-conservation-efforts\/article69638506.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calotes zolaiking is a species of garden lizard, was first described in 2019 from Mizoram\u2019s Aizawl district by a team of scientists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[646,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-48887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-calotes-zolaiking","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}