Acanthosaura

Acanthosaura armata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Acanthosaura
Species (20): A. armata – A. aurantiacrista – A. bintangensis – A. brachypoda – A. capra – A. cardamomensis – A. coronata – A. crucigera – A. lepidogaster – A. liui – A. longicaudata – A. meridiona – A. murphyi – A. nataliae – A. phongdienensis – A. phuketensis – A. prasina – A. rubrilabris – A. titiwangsaensis – A. tongbiguanensis

Name

Acanthosaura Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: 56

• Type species: Agama armata Gray, 1827, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & Pidgeon, E.. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Volume the ninth. The class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Whittaker, Treacher and Co.: London. 110 pp. (Appendix) BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kalyabina-Hauf, S., Ananjeva, N.B., Joger, U., Lenk, P., Murphy, R.W., Stuart, B.L., Orlov, N.L., Ho, C.T. & Wink, M. 2004. Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Acanthosaura (Agamidae). Current Herpetology 23(1): 7–16. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.23.7 Reference page. 
• Orlov, N.L., Nguyen, T.Q. & Nguyen, V.S. 2006. A new Acanthosaura allied to A. capra Günther, 1861 (Agamidae, Sauria) from central Vietnam and southern Laos. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 61–76. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2006-13-1-61-76 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page. 
• Wood Jr., P.L., Grismer, J.L., Grismer, L.L., Ahmad, N., Onn, C.K. & Bauer, A.M. 2009. Two new montane species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2012(1): 28–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2012.1.2 Reference page. 
• Wood Jr., P.L., Grismer, L.L., Grismer, J.L., Neang, T., Chav, T. & Holden, J. 2010. A new cryptic species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Thailand and Cambodia. Zootaxa 2488(1): 22–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2488.1.2 Reference page. 
• Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L., Nguyen, T.T. & Ryabov, S.A. 2011. A New Species of Acanthosaura (Agamidae, Sauria) from Northwest Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(3): 195–202. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-3-195-202 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page. 
• Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., Kunya, K., Nitikul, A., Samthanthamit, P., Wood, Jr., P.L. & Grismer, L.L. 2015. Acanthosaura phuketensis (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long-horned tree agamid from southwestern Thailand. Zootaxa 4020(3): 473–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.4 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, L.T., Do, D.T., Hoang, H.V., Nguyen, T.T., McCormack, T.E.M., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Nguyen, V.D.H. & Nguyen, S.N. 2018. A New Species of the Genus Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Central Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 25(4): 259–274. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2018-25-4-259-274 . Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Jin, J.-Q., Vo, B.D., Nguyen, L.T., Zhou, W.-W., Che, J., Murphy, R.W. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2019. A new species of Acanthosaura Gray 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from central Vietnam. Zootaxa 4612(4): 555–565. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.4.7 Reference page. 
• Liu, S. & Rao, D.-Q. 2019. A new species of the genus Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China (Squamata, Agamidae). ZooKeys 888: 105–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.888.38491 Reference page. 
• Ananjeva, N.B., Ermakov, O.A., Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, T.T., Murphy, R.W., Lukonina, S.A. & Orlov, N.L. 2020. A New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 27(4): 217–230. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2020-27-4-217-230 . Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Mo, M.-Z. & Rao, D.-Q. 2020. A new species of the genus Acanthosaura (Squamata, Agamidae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on its conservation status. ZooKeys 959: 113–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.959.54601 Reference page. 
• Trivalairat, P., Kunya, K., Chanhome, L., Sumontha, M., Vasaruchapong, T., Chomngam, N. & Chiangkul, K. 2020. Acanthosaura aurantiacrista (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long horn lizard from northern Thailand. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e48587. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e48587 Reference page. 
• Trivalairat, P., Sumontha, M., Kunya, K. & Chiangkul, K. 2022. Acanthosaura meridiona sp. nov. (Squamata: Agamidae), a new short-horned lizard from southern Thailand. Herpetological Journal 32(1): 34–50. DOI: 10.33256/32.1.3450 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Rao, D.-Q., Hou, M., Orlov, N.L., Ananjeva, N.B. & Zhang, D.-R. 2022. Two New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 93–109. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-2-93-109 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acanthosaura . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 April 2022.

Vernacular names

čeština: Trnoještěr
Deutsch: Nackenstachler
English: Mountain Horned Dragons
日本語: クシトカゲ属

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