Pseudocalotes floweri

Pseudocalotes floweri
	Pseudocalotes floweri at ; Khao Khitchakut National Park
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
	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[edit]

The specific name, floweri, is in honor of British zoologist Stanley Smyth Flower.^[3]

Geographic range[edit]

P. floweri is found in Cambodia, southeastern Thailand, and central Vietnam.^[2]

Habitat[edit]

The preferred natural habitat of P. floweri is forest, at altitudes of 862–1,000 m (2,828–3,281 ft).^[1]

Description[edit]

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[edit]

P. floweri is arboreal.^[1]

Reproduction[edit]

P. floweri is oviparous.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pseudocalotes floweri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
^ 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).
^ 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[edit]

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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[iucn-1] 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.

[RDB-2] 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).

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