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Issue: Vol. 5410 No. 4: 15 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.4.3
Page range: 519-532
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 2

Expanded morphological description of the Drogon’s False Garden Lizard, Pseudocalotes drogon (Squamata: Agamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

School of Biological Sciences; Universiti Sains Malaysia; 11800 USM; Penang; Malaysia
School of Biological Sciences; Universiti Sains Malaysia; 11800 USM; Penang; Malaysia; Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies; Universiti Sains Malaysia; 11800 USM; Penang; Malaysia
Herpetology Laboratory; Department of Biology; La Sierra University; 4500 Riverwalk Parkway; Riverside; California; 92515; USA; Department of Herpetology; San Diego Natural History Museum; PO Box 121390; San Diego; California; 92112; USA; Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation; Universiti Malaysia Sabah; Jalan UMS; 88400 Kota Kinabalu; Sabah; Malaysia
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation; Universiti Malaysia Sabah; Jalan UMS; 88400 Kota Kinabalu; Sabah; Malaysia; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377
Reptilia Banjaran Titiwangsa biodiversity conservation endemic montane reptile Southeast Asia Sundaland upland

Abstract

Species in the genus Pseudocalotes are generally rare and known only from a few specimens. Pseudocalotes drogon was described based on a single male from Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. During a recent field survey at Fraser’s Hill, a female specimen was collected and identified as P. drogon based on morphological characters and a molecular phylogenetic analysis. The morphological description of P. drogon is expanded here, based on the male holotype and the newly collected female specimen.

 

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