Pseudocalotes viserion

Pseudocalotes viserion
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Pseudocalotes
Species:	P. viserion
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes viserion Grismer, Quah, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Davis, Murdoch, Grismer, Cota, & Cobos, 2016

Pseudocalotes viserion, or Viserion's false garden lizard, is a species of agamid lizard found in the Genting Highlands of Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. ^[2]

Etymology

In 2016, three new species of Pseudocalotes were described from the sky islands of the Titiwangsa Mountains in Malaysia. The three species consist of Pseudocalotes drogon , Pseudocalotes viserion, and Pseudocalotes rhaegal . They are named after the three dragons of Daenerys Targaryen from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire , with each species bearing similar colours to their namesake dragon. ^[3]

References

1. Grismer, L. & Quah, E. 2018. Pseudocalotes viserion. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T99941846A99941851. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/99941846/99941851. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
2. Full long species information at Pseudocalotes viserion at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 April 2021.
3. Grismer, L. Lee; Quah, Evan S. H.; Wood, Perry L. Jr.; Anuar, Shahrul; Muin, Abdul; Davis, Hayden R.; Murdoch, Matthew L.; Grismer, Jesse L.; Cota, Michael; Cobos, Anthony J. (2016-07-07). "Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia" . Zootaxa. 4136 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.3. ISSN   1175-5334.