Phuwua rock agama

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Phuwua rock agama
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Mantheyus
Ananjeva & B. Stuart, 2001
Species:
M. phuwuanensis
Binomial name
Mantheyus phuwuanensis
Synonyms [2]
  • Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis
    Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991
  • Mantheyus phuwuanensis
    — Ananjeva & B. Stuart 2001

The Phuwua rock agama (Mantheyus phuwuanensis) is a species of lizard within the family Agamidae. Mantheyus phuwuanensis is the only species in the genus Mantheyus. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia

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Etymology

The generic name, Mantheyus, is in honor of German herpetologist Ulrich Manthey (born 1946). [3]

Geographic range

M. phuwuanensis is found in west-central Laos and northeastern Thailand. [2]

Reproduction

M. phuwuanensis is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. Phimmachak, S., Stuart, B., Cota, M. & Sumontha, M. (2019). "Mantheyus phuwuanensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T104673762A104673810. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104673762/104673810. Downloaded 16 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Mantheyus phuwuanensis at The Reptile Database .
  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. (Mantheyus, p. 167).

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