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Pseudocalotes brevipes (WERNER, 1904)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Vietnam False Bloodsucker
Chinese: 短肢拟树蜥 
SynonymCalotes brevipes WERNER 1904: 462
Acanthosaura quinquicarinata FAN 1931
Calotes brevipes — MERTENS 1954: 185
Calotes brevipes — WERMUTH 1967: 35
Calotes breviceps — TIEDEMANN & HÄUPL 1980: 14 (in error)
Pseudocalotes brevipes — MOODY 1980: 302
Pseudocalotes brevipes — WELCH et al. 1990: 57
Calotes brevipes — ZHAO & ADLER 1993: 188
Pseudocalotes brevipes — DENZER et al. 1997: 320
Pseudocalotes brevipes — MACEY et al. 2000
Pseudocalotes brevipes — MANTHEY 2010 
DistributionS China (Guangxi), N Vietnam (Tonkin, Son La, Ha Giang)

Type locality: Tonkin, Vietnam (restricted to Man-Son Mts. by SMITH 1935)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 1907.164 (designated by Hallermann 2000). Syntypes: ZMB 29664, Tongkin, leg. H. Fruhstorfer; BMNH 1946. 8. 11. 22; 
Diagnosis 
CommentSee comment in Zhao & Adler 1993 for discussion of priority issues. Acanthosaura fruhstorferi WERNER 1904 has been considered as a synonym of Pseudocalotes brevipes but has been relegated to Acanthosaura lepidogaster. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “brevis, -e” = short and “pes, pedis” = foot. 
References
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  • Denzer, Wolfgang; Günther, Rainer; Manthey, Ulrich 1997. Annotated type catalogue of the Agamid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin (former Zoological Museum Berlin). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 73 (2): 309-332 - get paper here
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  • Hallermann, J. 2000. The taxonomic status of Acanthosaura fruhstorferi Werner, 1904 and Calotes brevipes Werner, 1904 (Squamata: Agamidae). Mitt. Mus. Naturk. Berl., Zool. Reihe, 76 (1): 143-150 - get paper here
  • Hallermann, J. & W. Böhme 2000. A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia. Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (2): 193-210 - get paper here
  • Hallermann, Jakob and Jimmy A. McGuire 2001. A new species of Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from Bukit Larut, West Malaysia. Herpetologica 57 (3):255-265 - get paper here
  • Hallermann, Jakob; Nguyen Quang Truong, Nikolai Orlov, and Natalia Ananjeva 2010. A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (1): 31-40 - get paper here
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