Pseudocalotes dringi
| Pseudocalotes dringi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocalotes |
| Species: | P. dringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocalotes dringi Hallermann & Böhme, 2000 | |
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Pseudocalotes dringi, also known commonly as Dring's false bloodsucker and Dring's false garden lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, dringi, is in honor of British herpetologist Julian Christopher Mark Dring.[3]
Geographic range
P. dringi is found in Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. dringi are forest and shrubland, at an altitude of 1,500 m (4,920 ft).
Behavior
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 Grismer L; Quah E (2018). "Pseudocalotes dringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T170422A101129017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170422A101129017.en. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 Pseudocalotes dringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudocalotes dringi, p. 75)
Further reading
- Grismer LL; Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa. 4545 (2): 230–248. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.4. PMID 30790898.
- Hallermann J; Böhme W (2000). "A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia". Amphibia-Reptilia. 21 (2): 193–210. doi:10.1163/156853800507372. (Pseudocalotes dringi, new species)
- Manthey U (2010). Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 2, Leiolepidinae. Terralog. Vol. 7b. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3899733754.