Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi explained

Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi, also known commonly as Kingdonward's bloodsucker, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to China and Myanmar.

Etymology

The specific name, kingdonwardi, is in honor of English botanist Francis "Frank" Kingdon-Ward.^[1]

Description

Dorsally, P. kingdonwardi is grayish brown with dark brown markings; ventrally it is grayish white. The holotype of P. kingdonwardi, a juvenile male, has a snout-to-vent length of, plus a tail length of .^[2] The holotype of the junior synonym "kaulbacki ", also a juvenile male, has an SVL of, plus a tail length of .^[3] The scales on the side of the trunk point obliquely downward.^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. kingdonwardi is forest, at altitudes as high as 7,000 feet (2,134 meters).

Reproduction

P. kingdonwardi is oviparous.

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. (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). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + two maps. (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 JA II, 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).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]
3. Smith MA (1937).
4. [species:George Robert Zug|Zug GR]