Pseudocalotes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Species: P. andamanensis – P. baliomus – P. brevipes – P. cybelidermus – P. dringi – P. drogon – P. flavigula – P. floweri – P. guttalineatus – P. kakhienensis – P. khaonanensis – P. kingdonwardi – P. larutensis – P. microlepis – P. poilani – P. rhaegal – P. rhammanotus – P. saravacensis – P. sumatrana – P. tympanistriga – P. viserion – P. ziegleri
Name

Pseudocalotes Fitzinger, 1843
References
Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Mahony, S. 2010. Systematic and taxomonic 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). Zootaxa 2514(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2514.1.1 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Hallermann J. , N.Q. Truong , N. Orlov & N. Ananjeva 2010. A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(1).
Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Wood, P.L. Jr, Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Muin, M.A., Davis, H.R., Murdoch, M., Grismer, J.L., Cota, M. & Cobos, A.J. 2016. Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4136(3): 461–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.3. Reference page.
Harvey, M.B., Shaney, K., Hamidy, A., Kurniawan, N. & Smith, E.N. 2017. A new species of Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra with an Estimation of its phylogeny. Zootaxa 4276(2): 215–232. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.2.4 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Pseudocalotes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2021.

Pseudocalotes is a genus of agamid lizards endemic to Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy and description

Pseudocalotes was disassociated from the genus Calotes by 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 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 might occur in the Isthmus of Kra and Myanmar. A specimen was reported from N.E. India in the past though never verified.
Species of genus Pseudocalotes

The Indochinese group

Pseudocalotes andamanensis (Boulenger, 1891) – Andaman Islands – green crestless forest lizard
Pseudocalotes bapoensis (Yang, Su & Li, 1979) – China (Yunnan)
Pseudocalotes brevipes (F. Werner, 1904) – northern Vietnam – Vietnam false bloodsucker
Pseudocalotes floweri (Boulenger, 1912) – eastern Thailand and Cambodia – Thai false bloodsucker, Flower’s forest agamid
Pseudocalotes kakhienensis (J. Anderson, 1879) – Kakhyen Hills spiny lizard, Burmese mountain agamid
Pseudocalotes khaonanensis Chan-ard, Cota, Makchai & Laoteaw, 2008 – Nakhon Si Thammarat, peninsular Thailand
Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi (M.A. Smith, 1935) – Kingdonward's bloodsucker
Pseudocalotes microlepis (Boulenger, 1888) – northern Tenasserim, Burma, northern and western Thailand, northern Laos, and southern China – Burmese false bloodsucker, small-scaled forest agamid
Pseudocalotes poilani (Bourret, 1939) – southern Laos – Laotian false bloodsucker
Pseudocalotes ziegleri Hallermann, Truong, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2010 – Vietnam – Ziegler’s tree lizard

The Sundaland group

Pseudocalotes baliomus Harvey et al., 2017 – West Sumatra – spot-shouldered false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes cybelidermus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra – purple-throated false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes dringi Hallermann & Böhme, 2000 – peninsular Malaysia – Dring’s false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes drogon (L.L. Grismer, 2016) – Fraser’s Hill, Pahang – Drogon’s false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes flavigula (M.A. Smith, 1924) – peninsular Malaysia – Malaya false bloodsucker, yellow-throated forest agamid, yellow-throated false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes guttalineatus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra – dash-lined false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes larutensis Hallermann & McGuire, 2001 – peninsular Malaysia – Bukit Larut false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes rhaegal (L.L. Grismer, 2016) – Cameron Highlands, Pahang – Rhaegal’s false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes rhammanotus Harvey et al., 2014 – southern Sumatra – stitched-back false garden lizard
Pseudocalotes saravacensis Inger & Stuebing, 1994 – Sarawak, eastern Malaysia
Pseudocalotes tympanistriga (Gray, 1831) – lesser tree agama – Java, Indonesia – Indonesian false bloodsucker
Pseudocalotes viserion (L.L. Grismer, 2016) – Genting Highlands, Pahang – Viserion’s false garden lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudocalotes.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Pseudocalotes.

Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pseudocalotes, new genus, p. 46). (in Latin).
Hallermann J, 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.
Hallermann J, McGuire JA (2001). "A new species of Pseudocalotes from Bukit Larut, West Malaysia". Herpetologica 57 (3): 255–265.
Harvey MB, Hamidy A, Kurniawan N, Shaney K, 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.).
Moody SM (1980). Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). PhD dissertation. University of Michigan.
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. 205; C. floweri, pp. 186–187; C. kakhiensis, pp. 188–189; C. kingdon-wardi, new species, pp. 204–205; C. microlepis, 187-188).
Chan-ard T, Cota M, Makchai S, 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).
Hallermann J, Truong NQ, Orlov N, Ananjeva N (2010). "A new species of the Genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from Vietnam". Russian Journal of Herpetology 17 (1): 31–40. Full article.
Mahony S (2010). "Systematic and 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)". Zootaxa 2514: 1–23. Preview
Harikrishnan S, Vasudevan K (2013). "Rediscovery of Calotes andamanensis Boulenger, 1891, and assessment of its generic allocation". Herpetozoa 26 (1/2): 3-13.
Pseudocalotes. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.