Pseudocalotes dringi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocalotes |
| Species: | P. dringi
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| Pseudocalotes dringi Hallermann & Böhme, 2000
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Pseudocalotes dringi, also known commonly as Dring's false bloodsucker and Dring's false garden lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, dringi, is in honor of British herpetologist Julian Christopher Mark Dring.[3]
Geographic range[edit]
P. dringi is found in Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of P. dringi are forest and shrubland, at an altitude of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
Behavior[edit]
P. dringi is diurnal and arboreal.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Grismer L, Quah E (2018). "Pseudocalotes dringi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T170422A101129017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170422/101129017. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Pseudocalotes dringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- ^ 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. (Pseudocalotes dringi, p. 75).
Further reading[edit]
- Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.
- Hallermann J, Böhme W (2000). "A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia". Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (2): 193–210. (Pseudocalotes dringi, new species).
- Manthey U (2010). Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 2, Leiolepidinae. Terralog Volume 7b. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 168 pp. ISBN 978-3899733754.
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