Acanthosaura bintangensis WOOD, GRISMER, GRISMER, AHMAD, ONN & BAUER, 2009
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Acanthosaura bintangensis
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bukit Larut Mountain Horned Agamid, Bintang Horned Tree Lizard |
| Synonym | Acanthosaura bintangensis WOOD, GRISMER, GRISMER, AHMAD, ONN & BAUER 2009 Acanthosaura crucigera BOULENGER 1912: 69 Acanthosaura bintangensis — WOOD et al. 2010 Acanthosaura bintangensis — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 |
| Distribution | W Malaysia (Perak) Type locality: 1351 m elevation from Bukit Larut, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia (04º51.446'N; 100º48.455'E) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZRC 2.6804, adult male, collected on 18 June 2008 by Jesse L. Grismer, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood Jr., at 1140 h. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Maximum SVL 114.8 mm of males, maximum SVL of females 142.0 mm; head triangular, snout short (SL/HL 0.44–0.46); eye moderate to large (EYE/HL 0.20–0.32); two elliptical keeled scales below the orbit; 14 or 15 scales on canthus rostralis-supraorbital ridge; large rectangular rostral scale; single short cylindrical spine above posterior margin of eye surrounded by a rosette of six or seven smaller keeled scales at base; spine on occiput between tympanum and nuchal crest present; tympanum naked, oblong, taller than wide; dewlap present in males and females; body triangular in cross section; scales of flanks intermixed with randomly arranged clusters of larger keeled scales; nuchal crest present; 11–15 scales in nuchal diastema; vertebral crest composed of enlarged, pointed scales beginning at shoulder region and tapering to a series of enlarged keeled scales on anterior portion of tail; tail 1.3–1.5% of SVL; black collar present; posterior 2/3 of tail black to dark reddish brown; yellow spots on body encircled with black or brown (Fig. 2); medial yellow stripe in black gular region. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 83 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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