Pseudocalotes dringi

Pseudocalotes dringi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Pseudocalotes
Species:	P. dringi
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes dringi Hallermann & Böhme, 2000

Pseudocalotes dringi, also known commonly as Dring's false bloodsucker and Dring's false garden lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dringi, is in honor of British herpetologist Julian Christopher Mark Dring.[3]

Geographic range

P. dringi is found in Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. dringi are forest and shrubland, at an altitude of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).

Behavior

P. dringi is diurnal and arboreal.[1]

Reproduction

P. dringi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Grismer L, Quah E (2018). "Pseudocalotes dringi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T170422A101129017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170422/101129017. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
2. Pseudocalotes dringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudocalotes dringi, p. 75).

Further reading

• Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.
• Hallermann J, Böhme W (2000). "A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia". Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (2): 193–210. (Pseudocalotes dringi, new species).
• Manthey U (2010). Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 2, Leiolepidinae. Terralog Volume 7b. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 168 pp. ISBN 978-3899733754.