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Ptyctolaemus gularis

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Ptyctolaemus gularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Ptyctolaemus
Species:
P. gularis
Binomial name
Ptyctolaemus gularis
(Peters, 1864)
Synonyms

Otocryptis (Ptyctolaemus) gularis Peters, 1864[1]

The green fan-throated lizard (Ptyctolaemus gularis) is a species of agamid lizard found in Bangladesh, China (Tibet), India (Northeast- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Khasi Hills, Mizoram) and Myanmar (Kachin, Chin), and possibly in Bhutan. The type locality, "Calcutta", is in error fide Zhao & Adler 1993;[2] Ananjeva & Stuart (2001) give it as Margherita, in Patkai Mountains, Upper Assam.[3]

Ptyctolaemus gularis is the type species of the genus Ptyctolaemus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Peters, W. 1864 Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Plathydactylus, Otocryptis, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes), und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, Capoëta, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin [1864]: 381-399
  2. ^ Huang, Y.-Z. 1980 A new generic record of Chinese lizard from Xizang (Tibet) - Ptyctolaemus gularis Peters. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 5: 336
  3. ^ a b Ptyctolaemus gularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 July 2015.