Pelturagonia

Pelturagonia
P. nigrilabris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Pelturagonia Harvey, Larson, Jacobs, Shaney, Streicher, Hamidy, Kurniawan, & Smith, 2019
Diversity
Five species (see text)

Pelturagonia is a genus of lizards within the family Agamidae. The species are distributed in Sumatra and Borneo.[1] All species were previously listed under the genus Phoxophrys.

Description

The genus Pelturagonia closely resembles the genus Japalura but differs in a number of characters, for example by the absence of a dorsal crest, and by having a relatively shorter and deeper head. Male Pelturagonia have a tail that is swollen basally and is flattened above, whereas females have a cylindrical tail.[2]

Species

The genus Pelturagonia contains the following five species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

• Pelturagonia anolophium Harvey, Larson, Jacobs, Shaney, Streicher, Hamidy, Kurniawan, & Smith, 2019
• Pelturagonia borneensis Inger, 1960 - Sabah eyebrow lizard
• Pelturagonia cephalum (Mocquard, 1890) - Mocquard's eyebrow lizard
• Pelturagonia nigrilabris (W. Peters, 1864) - Blacklipped eyebrow lizard
• Pelturagonia spiniceps M.A. Smith, 1925 - Sarawak eyebrow lizard

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

References

1. Pelturagonia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 September 2014.
2. Inger, Robert F. (1960). "A review of the agamid lizards of the genus Phoxophrys Hubrecht". Copeia. 1960 (3): 221–225. doi:10.2307/1439661. JSTOR 1439661.