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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Armored Pricklenape, Peninsular Horned Tree Lizard
G: Grosser Nackenstachler
Chinese: 长棘蜥 
SynonymAgama armata GRAY in HARDWICKE 1827 (non Agama armata PETERS 1854)
Lophyurus armatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 413
Gonyocephalus (Acanthosaurus) armatus — FITZINGER 1843
Acanthosaura armata GRAY 1845
Acanthosaura armata — GÜNTHER 1864
Acanthosaura armata — BOULENGER 1885: 301
Agama armata — GOUGH 1909
Acanthosaura armata — DE ROOIJ 1915: 125
Goniocephalus armatus armatus — SMITH 1935: 158
Acanthosaura armata — TAYLOR 1963: 866
Goniocephalus armatus — HENDRICKSON 1966: 64
Acanthosaura armata— WERMUTH 1967: 1
Acanthosaura armata — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 154
Acanthosaura armata — COX et al. 1998: 92
Acanthosaura armata — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 17
Acanthosaura armata — GRISMER 2011
Acanthosaura armata — GRISMER & QUAH 2019
Acanthasaura armata — BADLI-SHAM et al. 2019 (in error) 
DistributionChina (Hainan), Myanmar (= Burma), S Thailand,
Malaysian peninsula, Indonesia (Sumatra),
Palau Pinang, Pulau Tioman

Type locality: see comment  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1946.8.13.88, 1946.8.13.85, Types “Singapore” (fide WOOD et al. 2010). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Acanthosaura species are robust, medium sized (SVL about 80–160 mm) with relatively short tails TL/SVL 1–2, laterally compressed body and relatively short legs. The genus can be separated from all other draconinae genera by small, granulated dorsal/lateral scales intermixed with larger, tuberculate or rhombic scales; a naked tympanum; nuchal crest always present, dorsal crest present or reduced to a serrated ridge; post orbital spine present and mostly another spine on the side of the neck (U. Manthey, pers. comm., 3 Aug 2021).


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CommentType species: Agama armata GRAY in HARDWICKE 1827 is the type species of the genus Acanthosaura GRAY in GRIFFITH 1831.

Distribution: see map in Trivalarat et al. 2020: 17 (Fig. 5). The type locality “Singapore” is in error; not in Singapore or not established there (Figueroa et al. 2023).

Key: Ananjeva et al. 2008 have a key to the Vietnamese species of Acanthosaura. 
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