Acanthosaura cardamomensis

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Acanthosaura cardamomensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Acanthosaura
Species:
A. cardamomensis
Binomial name
Acanthosaura cardamomensis
Wood, Grismer, Neang, Chav, & Holden, 2010
Synonyms
  • Acanthosaura cardamomensis WOOD, GRISMER, GRISMER, NEANG, CHAV & HOLDEN 2010
  • Acanthosaura armata Boulenger 1885: 301
  • Gonocephalus armatus crucigerus M.A. Smith 1935: 160–161
  • Acanthosaura crucigera Daltry & Chenag 2000: 100
  • Acanthosaura crucigera Daltry & Traeholt 2003: 99–100
  • Acanthosaura crucigera STUART & EMMETT 2006: 12–13
  • Acanthosaura cf. crucigera Grismer et al. 2007: 221–222
  • Acanthosaura sp. Grismer et al. 2008: 165 [2]

Acanthosaura cardamomensis [3] is a species of Agamid lizard found in eastern Thailand, [4] western Cambodia and Vietnam. Its name derives from the Cardamom Mountains in eastern Thailand. It was first identified in 2010. [5]

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References

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