Pseudocalotes floweri
Pseudocalotes floweri at
Khao Khitchakut National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Species:
P. floweri
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes floweri
(Boulenger, 1912)
Synonyms[2]
  • 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. 1 2 3 Cota M, Neang T, Phimmachak S, Sumontha M, Stuart B (2018). "Pseudocalotes floweri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104650520A104650706. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104650520/104650706. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Pseudocalotes floweri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. 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). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Calotes floweri, pp. 186–187).

Further reading

  • 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). xiii + 294 pp. (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). Ph.D. dissertation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan. 373 pp. (Pseudocalotes floweri, new combination).
  • Nguyen VS, Ho TC, Nguyen QT (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.



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