Pseudocalotes

Taxobox
name = Pseudocalotes
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Agamidae
subfamilia = Draconinae
genus = "Pseudocalotes"

"Pseudocalotes" was disassociated from "Calotes" by Moody (1980). "Pseudocalotes" is distinguished from "Calotes" in having weak limbs as may be noted in some of the species names "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. They do not have any enlarged compressed set of scales behind the orbit."Pseudocalotes" does not occur west of Sumatra and might occur in the Isthumus of Kra and Myanmar. A speicmen was reported from N.E. India in the past though never verified.

Classification of genus "Pseudocalotes"

*"Pseudocalotes brevipes"
*"Pseudocalotes dringi"
*"Pseudocalotes flavigula"
*"Pseudocalotes floweri"
*"Pseudocalotes larutensis"
*"Pseudocalotes microlepis"
*"Pseudocalotes poilani"
*"Pseudocalotes saravacensis"
*"Pseudocalotes sumatrana"
*"Pseudocalotes tympanistriga", Lesser tree agama

References

*HALLERMANN, J. AND W. BÖHME. 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. and MCGUIRE, J. A. 2001.A new species of Pseudocalotes from Bukit Larut, West Malaysia. Herpetologica, 57(3), 255-265.
*MOODY, S.M. 1980. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). PhD dissertation. University of Michigan.
*SMITH, M.A. 1935. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol II: Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London.