Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis (DE GRIJS, 1937)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Calotes kinabaluensis DE GRIJS 1937 Calotes kinabaluensis — WERMUTH 1967: 39 Calotes kinabaluensis — MOODY 1980 Calotes kinabaluensis — MANTHEY 1983 Bronchocela kinabaluensis — MALKMUS 1994: 235 Calotes kinabaluensis — HALLERMANN 2000 Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis — MANTHEY & DENZER 2000 Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis — MANTHEY 2010: 55 Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis — MANTHEY & DENZER 2019
Distribution	Indonesia (N Borneo) Type locality: Kina-Balu Mountains, North Borneo.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMH (missing fide HALLERMANN 1998). Only one extant specimen of C. kinabaluensis is known and deposited in the Kyoto University Collection and has been examined by OTA & HIKIDA (1996).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “Eine mittelgroße Agame mit einer KRL von < 145 mm und einem mehr als doppelt so langen Schwanz. Sie erinnert mit den – insbesondere bei Männchen – sehr großen Schuppenplatten am Kopf, dem sichtbaren Tympanum und ihren Kämmen auf dem Kehlsack, Nacken sowie Rücken an die Australische Winkelkopfagame Lophosaurus boydii (Macleay, 1884). In Verbindung mit einer relativ gleichmäßigen, Calotes-artigen Körperbeschuppung unterscheidet sich diese Art von allen anderen Agamen.” (MANTHEY & DENZER 2019: 4)
Comment	Endemic to Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo fide MANTHEY 1983, 2012. Type species: Calotes kinabaluensis DE GRIJS 1937 is the type species of the genus Hypsicalotes MANTHEY & DENZER 2000.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo de Grijs,P. 1937. Eine neue Eidechse aus Nord-Borneo: Calotes kinabaluensis. Zool. Anz. 117: 136-138 Hallermann, J. 2000. A new species of Calotes from the Moluccas (Indonesia) with notes on the biogeography of the genus (Sauria: Agamidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 49 (1-2): 155-163 - get paper here Inger, R. F. & M. LAKIM. 1998. Rediscovery of the agamid lizard Calotes kinabaluensis de Grijs (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Borneo, with notes on its habitat. Herpetological Review 29 (3): 143-144. - get paper here Malkmus,R. 1994. Herpetologische Beobachtungen aam Mt. Kinabalu, Nord-Borneo. IV. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 70: 217-249. - get paper here Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp. Manthey, U. 2012. Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis (DE GRIJS) [Agamidae: Draconinae]. Sauria 34 (1): 2 - get paper here MANTHEY, U. & DENZER, W. 2019. Rare mountain agamas of the Kinabalu Park (Sabah, North Borneo) above 900 m a.s.l. Sauria 41 (1): 2 - 12 - get paper here Manthey, U. & W. Denzer 2000. Description of a new genus, Hypsicalotes gen. nov. (Sauria: Agamidae) from Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo, with remarks on the generic identity of Gonocephalus schultzewestrumi Urban, 1999. Hamadryad 25 (1): 13-20 - get paper here Manthey,U. 1983. Exkursion am Mt. Kinabalu (4101 m), Nordborneo, Teil 3: Checkliste der Herpetofauna oberhalb 600 m ü. NN. Herpetofauna 5 (23): 20-31 - get paper here Moody,S.M. 1980. Phylogenetic and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). PhD thesis, Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 373 pp. Ota, H. & T. HIKIDA 1996. The second specimen of Calotes kinabaluensis DE GRIJS (Squamata: Agamidae) from Sabah, Malaysia, with comments on the taxonomic status of the species. Journal of Herpetology 30 (2): 288-291. - get paper here
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