Phuwua rock agama

The Phuwua rock agama (Mantheyus phuwuanensis) is a species of lizard within the family Agamidae. Mantheyus phuwuanensis is the only species in the genus Mantheyus. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia

Phuwua rock agama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Mantheyus
Ananjeva & B. Stuart, 2001
Species:
M. phuwuanensis
Binomial name
Mantheyus phuwuanensis
(Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis
    Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991
  • Mantheyus phuwuanensis
    — Ananjeva & B. Stuart 2001

Etymology

The generic name, Mantheyus, is in honor of German herpetologist Ulrich Manthey (born 1946).[3]

Geographic range

M. phuwuanensis is found in west-central Laos and northeastern Thailand.[2]

Reproduction

M. phuwuanensis is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Phimmachak, S., Stuart, B., Cota, M. & Sumontha, M. (2019). "Mantheyus phuwuanensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T104673762A104673810. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104673762/104673810. Downloaded 16 January 2020.
  2. Species Mantheyus phuwuanensis at The Reptile Database .
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mantheyus, p. 167).

Further reading
  • Ananjeva, Natalia B.; Stuart, Bryan L. (2001). "The Agamid Lizard Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis Manthey and Nabhitabhata, 1991 from Thailand and Laos Represents a New Genus". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (3): 165-170. (Mantheyus, new genus; Mantheyus phuwuanensis, new combination).
  • Manthey, Ulrich; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (1991). "Eine neue Agame, Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis sp. n. (Sauria Agamidae), aus Nordost-Thailand ". Sauria, Berlin 13 (4): 3-6. (Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis, new species). (in German and Latin, with an abstract in English).
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