Khao Nan long-headed lizard
In Thai: กิ้งก่าเขานัน
Binomial name: Pseudocalotes khaonanensis, Tanya Chan-Ard, Michael Cota, Sunchai Makchai & Suttinee Lhaotaew, 2008
Pseudocalotes kahonanensis 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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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Lacertilia
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Pseudocalotes
- Species
- Pseudocalotes khaonanensis
Common names
- Thai: กิ้งก่าเขานัน
Synonyms
- Pseudocalotes khaonanensis, Tanya Chan-Ard, Michael Cota, S. Makchai & S. Laoteow (2008)
Photos
Range Map
- Khao Nan National Park
- Yong Waterfall National Park