Acanthosaura cardamomensis WOOD, GRISMER, GRISMER, NEANG, CHAV & HOLDEN, 2010

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
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Synonym	Acanthosaura cardamomensis WOOD, GRISMER, GRISMER, NEANG, CHAV & HOLDEN 2010 Acanthosaura armata BOULENGER 1885: 301 Gonocephalus armatus crucigerus SMITH 1935:160–161 Acanthosaura crucigera DALTRY & CHENAG 2000: 100 Acanthosaura crucigera DALTRY & TRAEHOLT 2003: 99–100 Acanthosaura crucigera STUART & EMMETT 2006: 12–13 Acanthosaura cf. crucigera GRISMER et al. 2007: 221–222 Acanthosaura sp. GRISMER et al. 2008: 165
Distribution	Cambodia, Thailand (Cardamom Mountains), Vietnam (Phu Quoc Island) Type locality: 1400 h at 1,121 m elevation from Camp 2, Phnom Aural Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia (12°01’N, 104°09’E).
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: LSUHC 7447, adult female, collected on 5 August 2005 by Jesse L. Grismer, L. Lee Grismer & Perry L. Wood Jr.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large species (maximum SVL 149 mm in females, maximum SVL 133 mm in males) with a single long cylindrical spine above posterior margin of eye; large spine on occiput between tympanum and nuchal crest; tympanum naked, round; large rectangular rostral scale; dewlap present in males and females; females with dark coloration in the gular region; scales on flanks intermixed with randomly arranged clusters of larger keeled scales; nuchal crest present; 6–15 scales in nuchal diastema; vertebral crest composed of enlarged, pointed scales beginning at shoulder region continuing to ¾ down vertebral column then fading at base of tail; tail 120–160% of SVL; black collar and black eye patch present; posterior 2/3 of tail black to dark greenish; yellow to greenish spots on dorsum; dorsum light tan to dark green (Fig. 2; Table 5 compares these characters across all species of Acanthosaura). 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	Distribution: see map in Trivalarat et al. 2020: 17 (Fig. 5).
References	Bobrov V.V. 2013. Acanthosaura cardamomensis (Reptilia, Sauria, Agamidae) as a lizard species new for the Vietnam fauna. Current Studies in Herpetology 13 (1/2): 64–66 - get paper here Bobrov, V. V. 2013. ACANTHOSAURA CARDAMOMENSIS (REPTILIA, SAURIA, AGAMIDAE) AS A LIZARD SPECIES NEW FOR THE VIETNAM FAUNA [in Russian]. Modern Herpetology 13 (1/2): 64-66 Goldberg, Stephen R. and L. Lee Grismer. 2014. Acanthosaura cardamomensis reproduction. Herpetological Review 45 (1): 123 - get paper here Gray, R. J. 2020. First report of reproduction in the wild for Acanthosaura cardamomensis Wood et al., 2010 in Thailand. Herpetology Notes 13: 185-186. - get paper here Liu S, Rao D 2019. A new species of the genus Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China (Squamata, Agamidae). ZooKeys 888: 105-132 - get paper here Neang Thy, L.L. Grismer et al. 2010. First report of the herpetofauna of Dalai Mountain in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sactuary, southwestern Cardamon Mountains, Cambodia. Cambodian J Nat. Hist. 2010 (2): 127-143 - get paper here PAUWELS, OLIVIER S. G.; MONTRI SUMONTHA, KIRATI KUNYA, AWAT NITIKUL, PHAMON SAMPHANTHAMIT, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. & LEE L. GRISMER 2015. Acanthosaura phuketensis (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long-horned tree agamid from southwestern Thailand. Zootaxa 4020 (3): 473–494 - get paper here Trivalairat P, Kunya K, Chanhome L, Sumontha M, Vasaruchapong T, Chomngam N, Chiangkul K 2020. Acanthosaura aurantiacrista (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long horn lizard from northern Thailand. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e48587 - get paper here Wood, P.L.; Grismer, L.L.; Grismer, J.L.; Neang, T.; Chav, T. & holden, J. 2010. A new cryptic species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Thailand and Cambodia. Zootaxa 2488: 22–38 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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