Accepted scientific name:
Pseudocalotes brevipes WERNER 1904 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Pseudocalotes brevipes WERNER 1904
Synonyms:
Acanthosaura quinquicarinata FAN 1931 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acanthosaura quinquicarinata FAN 1931
Calotes breviceps TIEDEMANN 1980 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Calotes breviceps TIEDEMANN 1980
Calotes brevipes WERNER 1904 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Calotes brevipes WERNER 1904
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Vietnam False Bloodsucker - -
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Agamidae
Genus Pseudocalotes
Distribution: S China (Guangxi), N Vietnam (Tonkin) Terra typica: Tonkin, Vietnam (restricted to Man-Son Mts. by SMITH 1935)
Additional data: Lectotype: MNHN 1907.164 (designated by Hallermann 2000). See comment in Zhao & Adler 1993 for discussion of priority issues. Acanthosaura fruhstorferi WERNER 1904 has been considered as a synonym of Pseudocalotes brevipes but has been relegated to Acanthosaura lepidogaster. Named after Latin brevis, -e = short and pes, pedis = foot.
Source database: TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.,
Online resource: http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Pseudocalotes&species=brevipes
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e9e8909a-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201