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Pelturagonia

Pelturagonia

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Pelturagonia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Pelturagonia
Harvey, Larson, Jacobs, Shaney, Streicher, Hamidy, Kurniawan, & Smith, 2019
Diversity
Five species (see text)

Pelturagonia is a genus of lizards within the family Agamidae. The species are distributed in Sumatra and Borneo.[1] All species were previously listed under the genus Phoxophrys.

Description[edit]

The genus Pelturagonia closely resembles the genus Japalura but differs in a number of characters, for example by the absence of a dorsal crest, and by having a relatively shorter and deeper head. Male Pelturagonia have a tail that is swollen basally and is flattened above, whereas females have a cylindrical tail.[2]

Species[edit]

The genus Pelturagonia contains the following five species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pelturagonia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pelturagonia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 September 2014.
  2. ^ Inger, Robert F. (1960). "A review of the agamid lizards of the genus Phoxophrys Hubrecht". Copeia. 1960 (3): 221–225. doi:10.2307/1439661. JSTOR 1439661.


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