Brown tree dragon

Acanthosaura lepidogaster

(Georges-Frédéric Cuvier, 1829)

In Thai: กิ้งก่าเขาหนามเล็ก

Acanthosaura lepidogaster, commonly known as the brown pricklenape, is a species of agamid lizard found in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and China.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Acanthosaura
Species: Acanthosaura lepidogaster

Common names

Chinese: 丽棘蜥
German: Schwarzkopf-Nackenstachler
English:
- Brown tree dragon
- Brown pricklenape
- Scale-bellied tree lizard
Thai: กิ้งก่าเขาหนามเล็ก

Synonyms

Acanthosaura lepidogaster, LIU et al. (2023)
Acanthosaura hainanensis, LIU et al. (2023)
Acanthosaura cf. lepidogaster, JANZEN (2021)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Vladimir V. Bobrov & Dmitry V. Semenov (2008)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Mirko Barts & Thomas Wilms (2003)
Acanthosaura lepidogastra, J. Robert Macey et al. (2000)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Ulrich Manthey & Norbert Schuster (1999)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Uwe Schlüter & Jakob Hallermann (1997)
Acanthosaura fruhstorferi, Wolfgang Denzer et al. (1997)
Calotes brevipes, Ermi Zhao & Kraig Adler (1993)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Édouard-Raoul Brygoo (1988)
Calotes breviceps, Franz Tiedemann & M. Häupl (1980)
Calotes brevipes, Heinz Wermuth (1967)
Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Edward Harrison Taylor (1963)
Calotes brevipes, Robert Mertens (1954)
Gonocephalus lepidogaster, R. Mell (1952)
Calotes fruhstorferi, René Léon Bourret (1943)
Calotes fruhstorferi, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1935)
Goniocephalus lepidogaster, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1935)
Acanthosaura braueri, Carl Christoph Vogt (1914)
Calotes fruhstorferi, Franz Werner (1904)
Acanthosaura fruhstorferi, Franz Werner (1904)
Acanthosaura hainanensis, George Albert Boulenger (1900)
Acanthosaura lamnidentata, George Albert Boulenger (1885)
Lophyrus tropidogaster, André Marie Constant Duméril & Gabriel Bibron (1837)
Gonocephalus lepidogaster, Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (1829)
Goniocephalus lepidogaster, Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (1829)
Calotes lepidogaster, Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (1829)

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Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Photos

Acanthosaura lepidogaster - Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park

Acanthosaura lepidogaster - Phu Kradueng National Park

Acanthosaura lepidogaster (juvenile) - Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park

Brown pricklenape (male, full breeding colors)

Brown pricklenape (male, non breeding colors)

Distribution map of Brown tree dragon, Acanthosaura lepidogaster in Thailand — Range map of Acanthosaura lepidogaster in Thailand

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