Lophocalotes

Lophocalotes is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus, which is endemic to Sumatra, contains two species.

Lophocalotes
Lophocalotes ludekingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Lophocalotes
Günther, 1872[1]

Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.[2]

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

References

  1. "Lophocalotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
  2. Lophocalotes. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • 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).


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