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Calotes htunwini

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Species of lizard

Calotes htunwini
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Calotes
Species: C. htunwini
Binomial name
Calotes htunwini
Zug & Vindum, 2006

Calotes htunwini is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.

Etymology

The specific name, htunwini, is in honor of Myanma herpetologist Htun Win.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. htunwini are forest and shrubland.

Description

C. htunwini has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).

Reproduction

C. htunwini is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Lwin, K.; Wogan, G. (2018). "Calotes htunwini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104635082A104635093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104635082A104635093.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Calotes htunwini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calotes htunwini, p. 127).

Further reading

  • Zug GR, Brown HHK, Schulte JA II, Vindum JV (2006). "Systematics of the Garden Lizards, Calotes versicolor Group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar: Central Dry Zone Populations". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 57 (2): 35–68. (Calotes htunwini Zug & Vindum, new species, pp. 50–54, Figures 6–8).


Taxon identifiers
Calotes htunwini


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