Pseudocalotes is a genus of agamid lizards endemic to Southeast Asia.
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| Genus: | Pseudocalotes Fitzinger, 1843
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Taxonomy and description
Pseudocalotes was disassociated from the genus Calotes by Moody (1980). Pseudocalotes is distinguished from Calotes in having weak limbs, as may be noted in one of the species named brevipes. It is distinguished from the C. versicolor group in having mixed orientation of dorsal scales, and lacking spines on the head. It is distinguished from Bronchocela in lacking a cheek skin fold, and in having short weak limbs. Pseudocalotes species do not have any enlarged compressed set of scales behind the orbit.
Geographic range
Pseudocalotes does not occur west of Sumatra and might occur in the Isthmus of Kra and Myanmar. A specimen was reported from N.E. India in the past though never verified.
Species of genus Pseudocalotes
The Indochinese group
- Pseudocalotes andamanensis (Boulenger, 1891) – Andaman Islands
- Pseudocalotes austeniana (Annandale, 1908)
- Pseudocalotes brevipes (F. Werner, 1904) – northern Vietnam
- Pseudocalotes floweri (Boulenger, 1912) – eastern Thailand and Cambodia
- Pseudocalotes kakhienensis (J. Anderson, 1879)
- Pseudocalotes khaonanensis Chan-ard, Cota, Makchai & Laoteow, 2008 – Nakhon Si Thammarat, peninsular Thailand
- Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi (M.A. Smith, 1935)
- Pseudocalotes microlepis (Boulenger, 1888) – northern Tenasserim, Burma, northern and western Thailand, northern Laos, and southern China
- Pseudocalotes poilani (Bourret, 1939) – southern Laos
- Pseudocalotes ziegleri Hallermann, Truong, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2010 – Vietnam
The Sundaland group
- Pseudocalotes cybelidermus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra
- Pseudocalotes dringi Hallermann & Böhme, 2000 – peninsular Malaysia
- Pseudocalotes flavigula (M.A. Smith, 1924) – peninsular Malaysia
- Pseudocalotes guttalineatus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra
- Pseudocalotes larutensis Hallermann & McGuire, 2001 – peninsular Malaysia
- Pseudocalotes rhammanotus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra
- Pseudocalotes saravacensis Inger & Stuebing, 1994 – Sarawak, eastern Malaysia
- Pseudocalotes sumatrana (Hubrecht, 1879) – Sumatra and Java, Indonesia
- Pseudocalotes tympanistriga (Gray, 1831) – lesser tree agama – Java, Indonesia
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudocalotes.
References
- Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pseudocalotes, new genus, p. 46). (in Latin).
- 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: 193–210.
- Hallermann J, Mcguire JA. 2001. A new species of Pseudocalotes from Bukit Larut, West Malaysia. Herpetologica 57 (3): 255-265.
- Moody SM. 1980. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). PhD dissertation. University of Michigan.
- 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 andamanensis, p. 205; C. floweri, pp. 186-187; C. kakhiensis, pp. 188-189; C. kingdon-wardi, new species, pp. 204-205; C. microlepis, 187-188).
- Chan-ard T, Cota M, Makchai S, Laoteow S. 2008. A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from peninsular Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 3 (1): 25-31. (June 2008).
- Hallermann J, Truong NQ, Orlov N, Ananjeva N. 2010. A new species of the Genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17 (1): 31–40. Full article.
- Mahony S. 2010: Systematic and taxonomic revaluation of four little known Asian agamid species, Calotes kingdonwardi Smith, 1935, Japalura kaulbacki Smith, 1937, Salea kakhienensis Anderson, 1879 and the monotypic genus Mictopholis Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 2514: 1–23. Preview
- Harikrishnan S, Vasudevan K. 2013. Rediscovery of Calotes andamanensis Boulenger, 1891, and assessment of its generic allocation. Herpetozoa 26 (1/2): 3-13.
- Pseudocalotes. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.