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Species of lizard

Pseudocalotes floweri
Pseudocalotes floweri at
Khao Khitchakut National Park
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Species: P. floweri
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes floweri
(Boulenger, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Calotes floweri
    Boulenger, 1912
  • Pseudocalotes floweri
    — Moody, 1980

Pseudocalotes floweri, also commonly known as Flower's forest agamid, Flower's long-headed lizard, and the Thai false bloodsucker, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, floweri, is in honor of British zoologist Stanley Smyth Flower.

Geographic range

P. floweri is found in Cambodia, southeastern Thailand, and central Vietnam.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. floweri is forest, at altitudes of 862–1,000 m (2,828–3,281 ft).

Description

P. floweri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.5 cm (3.7 in), and a tail length of 17.5 cm (6.9 in).

Behavior

P. floweri is arboreal.

Reproduction

P. floweri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Cota M, Neang T, Phimmachak S, Sumontha M, Stuart B (2018). "Pseudocalotes floweri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104650520A104650706. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104650520/104650706. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ Pseudocalotes floweri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudocalotes floweri, p. 91).
  4. Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Calotes floweri, pp. 186–187).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1912). A Vertebrate Fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore including the Adjacent Islands. Reptilia and Batrachia. London, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore: Government of the Federated Malay States. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xiii + 294 pp. (Calotes floweri, new species, p. 70).
  • Hallermann J, Böhme W (2000). "A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia". Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (2): 193–210.
  • Moody SM (1980). Phylogenetic and historical biogeographic relationships of the genera in the Family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). Ph.D. dissertation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan. 373 pp. (Pseudocalotes floweri, new combination).
  • Nguyen VS, Ho TC, Nguyen QT (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.


Taxon identifiers
Pseudocalotes floweri


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