Expanded morphological description of the Drogons False Garden Lizard, Pseudocalotes drogon (Squamata: Agamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

Zootaxa. 2024 Feb 15;5410(4):519-532. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.4.3.

Abstract

Species in the genus Pseudocalotes are generally rare and known only from a few specimens. Pseudocalotes drogon was described based on a single male from Frasers Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. During a recent field survey at Frasers Hill, a female specimen was collected and identified as P. drogon based on morphological characters and a molecular phylogenetic analysis. The morphological description of P. drogon is expanded here, based on the male holotype and the newly collected female specimen.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Lizards*
  • Malaysia
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • Snakes*