Lophocalotes ludekingi (BLEEKER, 1860)
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Lophocalotes ludekingi
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Crested Lizard |
| Synonym | Calotes Ludekingi BLEEKER 1860: 326 Lophocalotes interruptus GÜNTHER 1872 (fide BOULENGER 1887) Lophocalotes interruptus — BOULENGER 1885: 275 Calotes Luedekingi [sic] — BOULENGER 1887: 152 Lophocalotes ludekingi — DE ROOIJ 1915: 116 Lophocalotes ludekingi — WERMUTH 1967: 71 Lophocalotes ludekingi — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 194 Lophocalotes ludekingi — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 82 Lophocalotes ludekingi — CROTHER 1999 Lophocalotes ludekingii — HALLERMANN et al. 2004 Lophocalotes ludekingi — TEYNIÉ et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Sumatra, Gunung, Singgalang, Alahanpanjang, Sijunjung) Type locality: Agam, Sumatra. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH (same type for ludekingi and interruptus fide Harvey et al. 2018) |
| Diagnosis | Description: Head large, swollen below the ears, very distinct from neck; snout longer than the diameter of the orbit ; tympanum much larger than the eye-opening. Upper head-scales irregular, feebly keeled; supraorbital scales small, strongly keeled, bordered inwards by a row of larger scales; two or three large scales in a series on the temple; a small tubercle behind the supraciliary edge and another on each side behind the ear opening. Seven or eight upper and eight lower labials; gular scales smooth or feebly keeled, those on the median line the smallest, the laterals larger than the ventrals. Body compressed ; nuchal crest formed of lanceolate, sharply-pointed spines, not quite so long as the diameter of the tympanum ; dorsal crest, separated from the former, formed by about fourteen triangular spines, every alternate median scale being a spine. Dorsal scales large, feebly keeled, the points of the upper scales directed upwards; ventral scales smaller than dorsal, strongly keeled. Tail compressed at the base, covered with uniform keeled scales ; its length nearly equals one time and three fourths that of head and body. Limbs with subequal keeled scales, some of which are spinose ; fourth finger and toe slightly longer than third; the hind limb, laid forwards, nearly reaches the tympanum (de Rooij 1915: 116). Coloration: Green above, with irregular yellowish markings, forming spots or cross bars on head and body and cross bars on the limbs (de Rooij 1915: 116). Size: Length of head and body 92 mm.; tail 152 mm (de Rooij 1915: 116). |
| Comment | BOULENGER 1887 synonymized Lophocalotes interruptus with Calotes Luedekingi. The holotype of Lophocalotes interruptus and Calotes ludenkingii is the same specimen and is deposited in BMNH (J. Hallermann, pers. comm.). Type species: Lophocalotes interruptus GÜNTHER 1872 is the type species of the genus Lophocalotes GÜNTHER 1872. |
| Etymology | Named in honor of the Dutch physician E.W.A. Lüdeking a collector for the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden. |
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