Editing Pseudocalotes

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pseudocalotes floweri, Flower’s long-headed lizard - Khao Khitchakut National Park (47144396302) by Rushen.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Pseudocalotes floweri]]'' at <br />[[Khao Khitchakut National Park]] 
| taxon = Pseudocalotes
| authority = [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1843
| synonyms = ''Mictopholis'' {{small|[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1935}}
}}

'''''Pseudocalotes''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lizard]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Agamidae]]. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Southeast Asia]].

==Taxonomy and description==
''Pseudocalotes'' was disassociated from the genus ''[[Calotes]]'' by [[species:Scott Michael Moody|Scott Michael Moody]] in 1980. ''Pseudocalotes'' is distinguished from ''[[Calotes]]'' in having weak limbs, as may be noted in one of the [[species]] named ''brevipes''. It is distinguished from the ''[[Calotes versicolor|C. versicolor]]'' group in having mixed orientation of dorsal scales, and lacking spines on the head. It is distinguished from ''[[Bronchocela]]'' in lacking a cheek [[skin fold]], and in having short weak limbs. ''Pseudocalotes'' species do not have any enlarged compressed set of scales behind the orbit.

==Geographic range==
''Pseudocalotes'' does not occur west of [[Sumatra]] and may occur in the [[Isthmus of Kra]] and [[Myanmar]]. A specimen was reported from northeastern [[India]] in the past though never verified.

==Species of genus ''Pseudocalotes''==
'''The [[Indochinese]] group'''
*''[[Pseudocalotes andamanensis]]'' {{small|([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1891)}} – [[Andaman Islands]] – green crestless forest lizard 
*''[[Pseudocalotes bapoensis]]'' {{small|([[:fr:Da-tong Yang|Yang]], [[species:Cheng-Ye Su|Su]] & [[species:Si-Min Li|Li]], 1979)}} – [[China]] (Yunnan)
*''[[Pseudocalotes brevipes]]'' {{small|([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1904)}} – northern [[Vietnam]] – Vietnam false bloodsucker
*''[[Pseudocalotes floweri]]'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1912)}} – eastern [[Thailand]] and [[Cambodia]] – Thai false bloodsucker, Flower’s forest agamid
*''[[Pseudocalotes jingpo]]'' {{small|Xu, Gong, Hou, Weng, Liu, Deng, Hu & Peng, 2024}} - Jingpo false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes kakhienensis]]'' {{small|([[John Anderson (zoologist)|J. Anderson]], 1879)}} – Kakhyen Hills spiny lizard, Burmese mountain agamid 
*''[[Pseudocalotes khaonanensis]]'' {{small|[[species:Tanya Chan-ard|Chan-ard]], [[species:Michael Cota|Cota]], [[species:Sunchai Makchai|Makchai]] & [[species:Suttinee Laoteaw|Laoteaw]], 2008}} – [[Nakhon Si Thammarat]], [[Southern Thailand|peninsular Thailand]]
*''[[Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi]]'' {{small|([[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1935)}} – Kingdonward's bloodsucker
*''[[Pseudocalotes microlepis]]'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1888)}} – northern [[Tenasserim coast|Tenasserim]], [[Burma]], northern and western Thailand, northern [[Laos]], and southern [[China]] – Burmese false bloodsucker, small-scaled forest agamid
*''[[Pseudocalotes poilani]]'' {{small|([[René Léon Bourret|Bourret]], 1939)}} – southern [[Laos]] – Laotian false bloodsucker
*''[[Pseudocalotes ziegleri]]'' {{small|[[species:Jakob Hallermann|Hallermann]], [[species:Truong Quang Nguyen|T.Q. Nguyen]], [[:fr:Nikolaï Orlov|Orlov]] & [[species:Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva|Ananjeva]], 2010}} – Vietnam – Ziegler’s tree lizard

'''The [[Sundaland]] group'''
*''[[Pseudocalotes baliomus]]'' {{small|[[species:Michael B. Harvey|Harvey]] et al., 2017}} – West Sumatra – spot-shouldered false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes cybelidermus]]'' {{small|Harvey et al., 2014}} – southern [[Sumatra]] – purple-throated false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes dringi]]'' {{small|Hallermann & [[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|Böhme]], 2000}} – peninsular [[Malaysia]] – Dring’s false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes drogon]]'' {{small|[[species:Larry Lee Grismer|L.L. Grismer]] et al., 2016}} – [[Fraser’s Hill]], [[Pahang]] – Drogon’s false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes flavigula]]'' {{small|(M.A. Smith, 1924)}} – peninsular Malaysia – Malaya false bloodsucker, yellow-throated forest agamid, yellow-throated false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes guttalineatus]]'' {{small|Harvey et al., 2014}} – southern Sumatra – dash-lined false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes larutensis]]'' {{small|Hallermann & [[species:Jimmy Adair McGuire|McGuire]], 2001}} – peninsular Malaysia – Bukit Larut false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes rhaegal]]'' {{small|L.L. Grismer et al., 2016}} – [[Cameron Highlands District|Cameron Highlands]], [[Pahang]] – Rhaegal’s false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes rhammanotus]]'' {{small|Harvey et al., 2014}} – southern Sumatra – stitched-back false garden lizard
*''[[Pseudocalotes saravacensis]]'' {{small|[[Robert F. Inger|Inger]] & [[species:Robert Butler Stuebing|Stuebing]], 1994}} – [[Sarawak]], eastern Malaysia
*''[[Pseudocalotes tympanistriga]]'' {{small|([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1831)}} – lesser tree agama – Java, Indonesia – Indonesian false bloodsucker
*''[[Pseudocalotes viserion]]'' {{small|L.L. Grismer et al., 2016}} – [[Genting Highlands]], [[Pahang]] – Viserion’s false garden lizard

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Pseudocalotes''.

==Further reading==
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*{{aut|[[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger L]]}} (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae''. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (''Pseudocalotes'', new genus, p.&nbsp;46). (in [[Latin]]).
*{{aut|[[species:Jakob Hallermann|Hallermann J]]}}, {{aut|[[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|Böhme W]]}} (2000). "A review of the genus ''Pseudocalotes'' (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia". ''Amphibia-Reptilia'' '''21''': 193–210.
*{{aut|Hallermann J}}, {{aut|[[species:Jimmy Adair McGuire|McGuire JA]]}} (2001). "A  new species of ''Pseudocalotes'' from Bukit Larut, West Malaysia". ''Herpetologica'' '''57''' (3): 255–265.
*{{aut|[[species:Michael B. Harvey|Harvey MB]]}}, {{aut|[[species:Amir Hamidy|Hamidy A]]}}, {{aut|[[species:Nia Kurniawan|Kurniawan N]]}}, {{aut|[[species:Kyle J. Shaney|Shaney K]]}}, {{aut|[[:fr:Eric Nelson Smith|Smith EN]]}} (2014). "Three new species of ''Pseudocalotes'' (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Sumatra, Indonesia". ''Zootaxa'' '''3841''' (2): 211–238. (''Pseudocalotes cybelidermus'', new species; ''P. guttalineatus'', n. sp.; ''P. rhammanotus'', n. sp.).
*{{aut|[[species:Scott Michael Moody|Moody SM]]}} (1980). ''Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia)''. PhD dissertation. University of Michigan.
*{{aut|[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]]}} (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Calotes andamanensis'', p.&nbsp;205; ''C. floweri'', pp.&nbsp;186–187; ''C. kakhiensis'', pp.&nbsp;188–189; ''C. kingdon-wardi'', new species, pp.&nbsp;204–205; ''C. microlepis'', 187–188).
*{{aut|[[species:Tanya Chan-ard|Chan-ard T]]}}, {{aut|[[species:Michael Cota|Cota M]]}}, {{aut|[[species:Sunchai Makchai|Makchai S]]}}, {{aut|[[species:Suttinee Laoteaw|Laoteaw S]]}} (2008). "A new species of the genus ''Pseudocalotes'' (Squamata: Agamidae) from peninsular Thailand". ''The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal'' '''3''' (1): 25–31. (June 2008).
*{{aut|Hallermann J, [[species:Truong Quang Nguyen|Nguyen TQ]], [[:fr:Nikolaï Orlov|Orlov N]], [[species:Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva|Ananjeva N]]}} (2010). "A new species of the Genus ''Pseudocalotes'' ([[Squamata]]: [[Agamidae]]) from Vietnam". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' '''17''' (1): 31–40. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826064811/http://rjh.folium.ru/editorial/2010-17-1/3lxzvdv4gER2kl/2010-17-1-031.pdf Full article].
*{{aut|[[species:Stephen Mahony|Mahony S]]}} (2010). "[[Systematics|Systematic]] and [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] revaluation of four little known Asian agamid species, ''Calotes kingdonwardi'' Smith, 1935, ''Japalura kaulbacki'' Smith, 1937, ''Salea kakhienensis'' Anderson, 1879 and the monotypic genus ''Mictopholis'' Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Agamidae)". [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html ''Zootaxa''] '''2514''': 1–23. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02514p023f.pdf Preview]
*{{aut|[[species:Surendran Harikrishnan|Harikrishnan S]]}}, {{aut|[[:fr:Karthikeyan Vasudevan|Vasudevan K]]}} (2013). "Rediscovery of ''Calotes andamanensis'' Boulenger, 1891, and assessment of its generic allocation". ''Herpetozoa'' '''26''' (1/2): 3-13.

==External links==
{{Wikispecies}}
*[http://jcvi.org/reptiles/search.php?taxon=&genus=Pseudocalotes&submit=Search ''Pseudocalotes'']. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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[[Category:Pseudocalotes]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger]]