Acanthosaura phuketensis (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long-horned tree agamid from southwestern Thailand

作者：Pauwels Olivier S G^*; Sumontha Montri; Kunya Kirati; Nitikul Awat; Samphanthamit Phamon; Wood Perry L Jr; Grismer Lee L

来源：Zootaxa, 2015, 4020(3): 473-494.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.4

• Thai-Malay Peninsula
• Phuket mountain range
• Phuket Island
• Khao Phra Thaeo Non-hunting Area
• Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park

We describe a new lowland forest-dwelling species of the genus Acanthosaura from Phuket Island and the Phuket mountain range in southwestern Thailand. Acanthosaura phuketensis sp. nov., the 11th species in the genus, seems most closely related to A. crucigera from Myanmar and western Thailand and A. cardamomensis from the Cardamom Mountains, but can be differentiated from them by a combination of morphological and coloration characteristics. This new discovery stresses the importance of preserving the last forest patches remaining on Phuket Island, home to three other squamate endemics.

• 出版日期2015-9-23