Pseudocalotes floweri

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Pseudocalotes floweri
Pseudocalotes floweri, Flower's long-headed lizard - Khao Khitchakut National Park (47144396302) by Rushen.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Species:
P. floweri
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes floweri
(Boulenger, 1912)
Synonyms [2]
  • Calotes floweri
    Boulenger, 1912
  • Pseudocalotes floweri
    Moody, 1980

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

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Etymology

The specific name, floweri, is in honor of British zoologist Stanley Smyth Flower. [3]

Geographic range

P. floweri is found in Cambodia, southeastern Thailand, and central Vietnam. [2]

Habitat

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

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). [4]

Behavior

P. floweri is arboreal. [1]

Reproduction

P. floweri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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).

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