Pseudocalotes is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Pseudocalotes
Pseudocalotes floweri at
Khao Khitchakut National Park
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms

Mictopholis M.A. Smith, 1935

Taxonomy and description

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Pseudocalotes was disassociated from the genus Calotes by Scott Michael Moody in 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

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Pseudocalotes does not occur west of Sumatra and may occur in the Isthmus of Kra and Myanmar. A specimen was reported from northeastern India in the past though never verified.

Species of genus Pseudocalotes

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The Indochinese group

The Sundaland group

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudocalotes.

Further reading

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  • 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.
  • Harvey MB, Hamidy A, Kurniawan N, Shaney K, Smith EN (2014). "Three new species of Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Sumatra, Indonesia". Zootaxa 3841 (2): 211–238. (Pseudocalotes cybelidermus, new species; P. guttalineatus, n. sp.; P. rhammanotus, n. sp.).
  • 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, Laoteaw 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, Nguyen TQ, 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.
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