Lophocalotes is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus, which is endemic to Sumatra, contains two species.
Lophocalotes | |
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Lophocalotes ludekingi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Draconinae |
Genus: | Lophocalotes Günther, 1872[1] |
Species
editThe following two species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Lophocalotes achlios Harvey, Scrivani, Shaney, Hamidy, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2018 – white-throated crested dragon
- Lophocalotes ludekingi (Bleeker, 1860) – crested lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lophocalotes.
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Lophocalotes.
- ^ "Lophocalotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
- ^ Lophocalotes. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Günther A (1872). "On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 586–600 + Plates XXXV–XL. (Lophocalotes, new genus, p. 593).