Laodracon carsticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Holotype: NUOL R.2022.01, adult ♂, collected by P. Brakels, S. Xayyasith and S. Sitthivong on 6 October 2022.
Type locality: “summit of a limestone outcrop near the Rock Viewpoint, within Nam Sanam-Phou Pha Marn PPA., Khounkham Dist., Khammouan Prov., central Laos (N18.174°, E104.487°; at an elevation of 450 m a.s.l.)”.

Sitthivong, S., Brakels, P., Xayyasith, S., Maury, N., Idiiatullina, S., Pawangkhanant, P., Wang, K., Nguyen, T.V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2023. Hiding on jagged karst pinnacles: A new microendemic genus and species of a limestone-dwelling agamid lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Khammouan Province, Laos. Zoological Research 44(6): 1039−1051. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.062 Reference page.