J & K CET Medical J & K - CET Medical Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    The truly land animals are

    A)  newts                 

    B)  lung-fishes

    C)  salamanders                    

    D)  Calotes

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    Calotes is a lizard genus in the draconine clade of the family-Agamidae, containing 24 species. Some species are known as forest lizards, others as bloodsuckers due to their red heads, and yet others as (namely C. versicolor) as garden lizards. They are geographically restricted to South Asia, Myanmar and regions of Southeast Asia. The greatest diversity of the genus is from the Western Ghats and Northeast (India), Myanmar and Sri Lanka. They are truly land animals.


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