Acanthosaura phuketensis

Acanthosaura phuketensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Acanthosaura
Species: Acanthosaura phuketensis

Name

Acanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samthanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015: 475

• Holotype: THNHM 22542, adult ♂, collected by Awat Nitikul on 2 June 2008.
• Type locality: “Ban Bangrong (08º02.465N, 98º23.588E; altitude ca. 41 m asl), Thalang District, Phuket sland, Phuket Province, southwestern Thailand”.

References

Primary references

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., Kunya, K., Nitikul, A., Samthanthamit, P., Wood, Jr., P.L. & Grismer, L.L. 2015. Acanthosaura phuketensis (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long-horned tree agamid from southwestern Thailand. Zootaxa 4020(3): 473–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acanthosaura phuketensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2017.
• Sumontha, M., Duengkae, P. & Cota, M. 2018. IUCN: Acanthosaura phuketensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T99928222A99928344. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T99928222A99928344.en. Accessed on 08 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Phuket Horned Tree Agamid