Phuwua rock agama

Phuwua rock agama
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 (Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991)
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 native to Southeast Asia

Etymology

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

Description

Mantheyus phuwuanensis has femoral pores and haired skin sense organs. ^[2]

Geographic range

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Mantheyus phuwuanensis is rocky areas of forest, at altitudes of 200–380 m (660–1,250 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

Mantheyus phuwuanensis is saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and both diurnal and nocturnal. ^[1]

Diet

Mantheyus phuwuanensis preys upon arachnids and insects. ^[1]

Reproduction

Mantheyus phuwuanensis is oviparous. ^[2] Clutch size is usually three eggs, but may be as large as five eggs. ^[1]

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. 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).

Further reading

• Ananjeva, Natalia B.; Stuart, Bryan L. (2001). "The Agamid Lizard Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis Manthey and Nabhitabhata, 1991 from Thailand and Laos Represents a New Genus". Russian Journal of Herpetology8 (3): 165–170. (Mantheyus, new genus; Mantheyus phuwuanensis, new combination).
• Manthey, Ulrich (2010). Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae2, Leiolepidinae. Terralog Volume 7b. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN   978-3899733754.
• Manthey, Ulrich; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (1991). "Eine neue Agame, Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis sp. n. (Sauria Agamidae), aus Nordost-Thailand ". Sauria, Berlin13 (4): 3–6. (Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis, new species). (in German and Latin, with an abstract in English).