Lophocalotes

Lophocalotes
Lophocalotes ludekingi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Lophocalotes Günther, 1872[1]

Lophocalotes is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus, which is endemic to Sumatra, contains two species.

Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.[2]

• Lophocalotes achlios Harvey, Scrivani, Shaney, Hamidy, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2018 – white-throated crested dragon
• Lophocalotes ludekingi (Bleeker, 1860) – crested lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lophocalotes.

References

1. "Lophocalotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
2. Lophocalotes. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Günther A (1872). "On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 586–600 + Plates XXXV–XL. (Lophocalotes, new genus, p. 593).