Pseudocalotes microlepis

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Burmese false bloodsucker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Species:
P. microlepis
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes microlepis
(Boulenger, 1888)
Synonyms

Calotes microlepis Boulenger 1888
Calotes microlepis Smith 1935: 187
Pseudocalotes microlepis Moody 1980
Pseudocalotes microlepis Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990
Pseudocalotes microlepis Cox et al. 1998
Pseudocalotes microlepis Hallermann & Böhme 2000
Pseudocalotes microlepis Sans et al. 2009

Pseudocalotes microlepis, also known as Burmese false bloodsucker or small-scaled forest agamid, [1] [2] [3] is a species of agamid lizard in the genus Pseudocalotes found in southern China (Hainan, Guizhou), Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pseudocalotes microlepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 7 September 2014.
  2. "Pseudocalotes microlepis'". uBIO. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. "Pseudocalotes microlepis'". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. "Pseudocalotes microlepis". Thai National Parks. Retrieved 11 January 2014.