Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi
| Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocalotes |
| Species: | P. kingdonwardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi (M.A. Smith, 1935) | |
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Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi, also known commonly as Kingdon-Ward's bloodsucker, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to China and Myanmar.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, kingdonwardi, is in honor of English botanist Francis "Frank" Kingdon-Ward.[3]
Description
Dorsally, P. kingdonwardi is grayish brown with dark brown markings; ventrally it is grayish white.[4] The holotype of P. kingdonwardi, a juvenile male, has a snout-to-vent length of 4 cm (1.6 in), plus a tail length of 8 cm (3.1 in).[4] The holotype of the junior synonym "kaulbacki", also a juvenile male, has an SVL of 7 cm (2.8 in), plus a tail length of 12.5 cm (4.9 in).[5] The scales on the side of the trunk point obliquely downward.[6]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. kingdonwardi is forest, at altitudes as high as 7,000 feet (2,130 m).[1]
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 Wogan G.; Lwin K. (2018). "Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T104651600A104651705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104651600A104651705.en. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi 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. (Calotes kingdonwardi, p. 141)
- 1 2 Smith 1935.
- ↑ Smith 1937.
- ↑ Zug et al. 2006.
Further reading
- Mahony S (2010). "Systematic and taxonomic revaluation of four little known Asian agamid species, Calotes kingdonwardi Smith, 1935, Japalura kaulbacki Smith, 1937, Salea kakhiensis Anderson, 1879 and the monotypic genus Mictopholis Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Agamidae)". Zootaxa. 2514: 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2514.1.1. (Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi, new combination)
- 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 kingdon-wardi, new species, pp. 204–205)
- Smith, MA (1937). "Description of a New Species of Agamid Lizard from Upper Burma". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 39 (4): 755. (Japalura kaulbacki, new species)
- Zug, GR; Brown, HHK; Schulte II, JA; Vindum, JV (2006). "Systematics of the Garden Lizards, Calotes versicolor Group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar: Central Dry Zone Populations". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 57 (2): 35–68. ("Key to Myanmar Calotes ", p. 59)