Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi (SMITH, 1935)
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Kingdonward's Bloodsucker kaulbacki: Smith's Japalure Chinese: 西藏拟树蜥 |
Synonym | Calotes kingdon-wardi SMITH 1935: 204 Japalura kaulbacki SMITH 1937: 755 Japalura kaulbacki — SMITH 1940: 477 Japalura kaulbacki — WERMUTH 1967: 66 Calotes kingdonwardi — WERMUTH 1967: 39 Calotes kingdonwardi — BARTS & WILMS 2003 Japalura kaulbacki — BARTS & WILMS 2003 Calotes kingdonwardi kingdonwardi — MANTHEY 2008: 72 Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi — MAHONY 2010 Pseudocalotes kaulbacki — VENUGOPAL 2010 |
Distribution | China (W Yunnan) Border area between Tibet and Burma (= Myanmar) Type locality: Adung Valley (7000 f.), on the Burma-Tibetan border kaulbacki: N Myanmar (= Burma); Type locality: Nam Tamai Valley, Myanmar (= Burma)-Tibet border (elevation: 3500 feet) |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.11.17 (was BMNH 1932.6.8.8 fide SMITH 1935, MAHONY 2010) Holotype: BMNH 1936.7.4.19/1946.9.4.72 [kaulbacki] |
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Comment | Synonymy: MAHONY 2010 synonymized Japalura kaulbacki with Calotes kingdonwardi. He also treted bapoensis as a synonym of kingdonwardi, given that “the English extract of the original description does not provide any characters that differ from P. kingdonwardi”. The taxonomic status of C. k. bapoensis should be assessed relative to P. kingdonwardi new comb. as redefined here. If it is found to represent a valid species, then it should be referred to as Pseudocalotes bapoensis (Yang & Su, 1979) new comb.” [from MAHONY 2010]. |
Etymology | Named after the collector, Captain Kingdon-Ward (1885–1956). |
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