Calotes htunwini ZUG & VINDUM, 2006

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Calotes htunwini ZUG & VINDUM in ZUG et al. 2006
Distribution	Myanmar (Burma) Type locality: Myanmar: Sagaing Division, Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, San Myaung Camp (23°34′27.6′′N, 95°44′15.6′′E; ca. 110 m elevation), approx. 2 km WNW of Chatthin,
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 524044, an adult female, collected by Htun Win, 22 May 1998.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Calotes htunwiniis a member of the C. versicolor species group and differs from all other members of this group by the horizontal orientation of the scale-rows on the side of the neck and adjacent supra-axillary area; scale-row orientation in the other C. versicolor members is obliquely posteriorad or vertical. Further, it differs from the sympatric C. irawadi by its slightly smaller adult body size (means 69.9, 78.5 mm SVL; female, male respectively), fewer 4FingLm (mean 16.9), absence of CheekCol, and infrequent presence of ThroatSt [from ZUG & VINDUM 2006].
Comment
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Hallermann, J. 2007. Calotes htunwini und Calotes irawadi- zwei neue Schönechsen aus Myanmar (Birma) Terraria (5) 2 (3): 33-34. Manthey U 2008. Agamid lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 1. Terralog 7, 160 pp. Zug, G. R., H. H. K. Brown, J. A. Schulte II, and J. V. Vindum 2006. Systematics of the Garden Lizards, Calotes versicolor Group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar: Central Dry Zone Populations. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 57 (2):35-68. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.calacademy.org/RESEARCH/herpetology/myanmar/Zug%20et%20al%2057… Google images

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