Pseudocalotes khaonanensis

Pseudocalotes khaonanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Fitzinger, 1843
Species: P. khaonanensis
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes khaonanensis
Chan-ard, Cota, Mekchai and Laoteow, 2008

Pseudocalotes khaonanensis is the largest agamid lizard in the genus Pseudocalotes. Endemic to Thailand, it is found only in the Khao Nan mountain range in (Khao Nan National Park), located in the Nakhon Si Thammarat Province of Southern Thailand. Found at high elevation in Cloud/Montane Forests in the stunted tree growth associated with this habitat, in trees rich with epiphyte growth.


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