''Pseudocalotes kakhienensis'', the Kakhyen Hills spiny lizard or Burmese mountain agamid, is a species of
agamid lizard found in southern China (western
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
), Myanmar (=
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
) (east of
Irrawaddy River
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),
India
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, and northern
Thailand
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.
The
type locality is Ponsee, Western
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
.
References
* Anderson, JOHN 1879 Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1866 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera Platanista and Orcella. Bernard Quaritch, London "1878". Two volumes (Text: 985 pages
erpetology: pages 703–860, 969-975 Atlas: 85 plates
erpetological plates 55–78, 75A, 75B.
* Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
Pseudocalotes
Reptiles of Myanmar
Reptiles of China
Reptiles of India
Reptiles of Thailand
Fauna of Yunnan
Taxa named by John Anderson (zoologist)
Reptiles described in 1879
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