Pseudocalotes floweri

Pseudocalotes floweri
	Pseudocalotes floweri at ; Khao Khitchakut National Park
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Pseudocalotes
Species:	P. floweri
Binomial name
	Pseudocalotes floweri; (Boulenger, 1912)
Synonyms
	Calotes floweri ; Boulenger, 1912; Pseudocalotes floweri ; — Moody, 1980;

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

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]

References

1 2 3 Cota M; Neang T; Phimmachak S; Sumontha M; Stuart B (2018). "Pseudocalotes floweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T104650520A104650706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104650520A104650706.en. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
1 2 3 Pseudocalotes floweri 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 floweri, p. 91)
↑ 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). (Calotes floweri, pp. 186–187)

Boulenger GA (1912). A Vertebrate Fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore including the Adjacent Islands. Reptilia and Batrachia. London, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore: Government of the Federated Malay States. (Taylor & Francis, printers). (Calotes floweri, new species, p. 70)
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.
Moody SM (1980). Phylogenetic and historical biogeographic relationships of the genera in the Family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia) (dissertation). Ann Arbor Michigan: University of Michigan. (Pseudocalotes floweri, new combination)
Nguyen VS; Ho TC; Nguyen QT (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. ISBN 978-3899734621.

[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Cota M; Neang T; Phimmachak S; Sumontha M; Stuart B (2018). "Pseudocalotes floweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T104650520A104650706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104650520A104650706.en. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Pseudocalotes floweri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.

[3] 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 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). (Calotes floweri, pp. 186–187)

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