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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Agamidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Iguania

Subfamily
  
Draconinae

Rank
  
Genus

Pseudocalotes wwwreptariumczcontentphotord01Pseudocalotes

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Pseudocalotes microlepis, Bronchocela, Aphaniotis, Gonocephalus, Scaled reptiles

pseudocalotes microlepis


Pseudocalotes is a genus of agamid lizards endemic to Southeast Asia.

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Taxonomy and description

Pseudocalotes Pseudocalotes austeniana The Reptile Database

Pseudocalotes was disassociated from the genus Calotes by Moody (1980). Pseudocalotes is distinguished from Calotes in having weak limbs, as may be noted in one of the species named brevipes. It is distinguished from the C. versicolor group in having mixed orientation of dorsal scales, and lacking spines on the head. It is distinguished from Bronchocela in lacking a cheek skin fold, and in having short weak limbs. Pseudocalotes species do not have any enlarged compressed set of scales behind the orbit.

Geographic range

File:Pseudocalotes kakhienensis, Kakhyen Hills long-headed lizard (female) - Doi Phu Kha National Park (48566183662).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Pseudocalotes does not occur west of Sumatra and might occur in the Isthmus of Kra and Myanmar. A specimen was reported from N.E. India in the past though never verified.

Species of genus Pseudocalotes

The Indochinese group

Pseudocalotes Pseudocalotes Wikipdia

  • Pseudocalotes andamanensis (Boulenger, 1891) – Andaman Islands
  • Pseudocalotes austeniana (Annandale, 1908)
  • Pseudocalotes brevipes (F. Werner, 1904) – northern Vietnam
  • Pseudocalotes floweri (Boulenger, 1912) – eastern Thailand and Cambodia
  • Pseudocalotes kakhienensis (J. Anderson, 1879)
  • Pseudocalotes khaonanensis Chan-ard, Cota, Makchai & Laoteow, 2008 – Nakhon Si Thammarat, peninsular Thailand
  • Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi (M.A. Smith, 1935)
  • Pseudocalotes microlepis (Boulenger, 1888) – northern Tenasserim, Burma, northern and western Thailand, northern Laos, and southern China
  • Pseudocalotes poilani (Bourret, 1939) – southern Laos
  • Pseudocalotes ziegleri Hallermann, Truong, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2010 – Vietnam

    • The Sundaland group

    Pseudocalotes Pseudocalotes Perry L Wood Jr

  • Pseudocalotes cybelidermus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra
  • Pseudocalotes dringi Hallermann & Böhme, 2000 – peninsular Malaysia
  • Pseudocalotes drogon (L.L. Grismer, 2016) – Fraser’s Hill, Pahang
  • Pseudocalotes flavigula (M.A. Smith, 1924) – peninsular Malaysia
  • Pseudocalotes guttalineatus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra
  • Pseudocalotes larutensis Hallermann & McGuire, 2001 – peninsular Malaysia
  • Pseudocalotes rhaegal (L.L. Grismer, 2016) – Cameron Highlands, Pahang
  • Pseudocalotes rhammanotus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra
  • Pseudocalotes saravacensis Inger & Stuebing, 1994 – Sarawak, eastern Malaysia
  • Pseudocalotes sumatrana (Hubrecht, 1879) – Sumatra and Java, Indonesia
  • Pseudocalotes tympanistriga (Gray, 1831) – lesser tree agama – Java, Indonesia
  • Pseudocalotes viserion (L.L. Grismer, 2016) – Genting Highlands, Pahang

    • Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudocalotes.

    References

    Pseudocalotes Wikipedia
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