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Pseudocalotes kakhienensis (ANDERSON, 1879)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kakhyen Hills Spiny Lizard, Burmese Mountain Agamid
G: Birmesische Bergagame
Chinese: 蚌西拟树蜥 
SynonymOriocalotes discolor ANDERSON 1870 (nomen oblitum)
Oriocalotes kakhienensis ANDERSON 1879: 806
Acanthosaura kakhienensis — BOULENGER 1885: 305
Calotes feae BOULENGER 1888: 477 (fide BOULENGER 1893)
Acanthosaura kakhienensis — BOULENGER 1893: 317
Calotes kakhienensis — SMITH 1935: 188
Salea brachydactyla RENDAHL 1937: 4 (fide MANTHEY & DENZER 2000)
Calotes kakhienensis — WERMUTH 1967: 38
Salea kakhienensis — MOODY 1980
Salea kakhiensis [sic] — DAS 1996: 45
Salea kakhienensis — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 103
Pseudocalotes kakhienensis — MAHONY 2010
Paracalotes kakhienensis — POYARKOV et al. 2023
Paracalotes kakhienensis — SANCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2024 
DistributionS China (W Yunnan), Myanmar (= Burma) (east of Irrawadi River), India ?, N Thailand

Salea brachydactyla: Myanmar (= Burma)

Type locality: Ponsee, Western Yunnan.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unknown fide Poyarkov et al. 2023
Holotype: NRM [brachydactyla]
Holotype: MSNG 28934 [feae] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (56 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a toponym after the type locality, Kakhyen Hills. 
References
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  • Anderson, J. 1879. Reptilia and amphibia. In: Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. Volume I. [pages 703-860, 969-975 index.]. Bernard Quarich, London, Vol. I: 705– 860,[1878] - get paper here
  • Anderson, JOHN 1879. Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1866 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera Platanista and Orcella. Volume II. Atlas. Bernard Quaritch, London "1878".; Atlas: 85 plates [herpetological plates 55-78, 75A, 75B]). - get paper here
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887. An account of the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Tenasserim by M. L. Fea, of the Genova Civic Museum. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova, 2. Ser. 5: 474-486 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e Regioni Vicine LII. Concluding report on the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea, dealing with the collection made in Pegu and the Karin Hills in 1887-88. Annali Mus. civ. Genova (2) 13: 304-347 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
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