Calotes bachae

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system =IUCN3.1

| image =The adult Calotes Bachae.jpg

| image_caption = Adult in Hoang Van Thu park, Ho Chi Minh City

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| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Nguyen, T.Q. |author2=Stuart, B.L. |author3=Nguyen, N.S. |author4=Golynsky, E. |author5=Milto, K. |author6=Neang, T. |date=2018 |title=Calotes bachae |volume=2018 |page=e.T104634912A104634994 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104634912A104634994.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Calotes

| species = bachae

| authority = Hartmann, Geissler, Poyarkov, Ihlow, Galoyan, Rödder, & {{Interlanguage link|Wolfgang Böhme (herpetologist)|de|Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|lt=Böhme}}, 2013

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Calotes bachae, the Cochinchina lizard, is a species of lizards in the family Agamidae. It is known from southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. Its range may extend into southern Laos.File:Calotes bachae 183517348 (cropped).jpgThis species is found in open areas of Cat Tien National Park, in dense tropical forests in Bu Gia Map National Park and in parks in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. It was formerly thought that Calotes bachae was Calotes mystaceus which inhabits in Burma and Thailand due to their similar appearance. However, genetic analysis and studying the size and scale characteristics have shown that they are separate species.{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/colorful-new-lizard-vietnam-animals-science/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117092843/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/colorful-new-lizard-vietnam-animals-science/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |title=Colorful New Lizard Identified in Vietnam |author=Andreassi, Katia |publisher=National Geographic News |date=2013-01-16 |accessdate=2013-01-17 }} The result of study was published in an article on Zootaxa in January 2013.{{cite journal|author1=Hartmann, Timo|author2=Geissler, Peter|author3=Poyarkov, Nikolay A. J.|author4=Ihlow, Flora|author5=Galoyan, Eduard A.|author6=Rödder, Dennis|author7=Böhme, Wolfgang |name-list-style=amp |date=7 January 2013|title=A new species of the genus Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Vietnam|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3599.3.3|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3599|issue=3|pages=246–260|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3599.3.3|url-access=subscription}}