Pseudocalotes floweri explained

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.^[1]

Geographic range

P. floweri is found in Cambodia, southeastern Thailand, and central Vietnam.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. floweri is forest, at altitudes of .

Description

P. floweri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of, and a tail length of .^[2]

Behavior

P. floweri is arboreal.

Reproduction

P. floweri is oviparous.

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. .

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]