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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocalotes |
| Species: | P. dringi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocalotes dringi Hallermann & Böhme, 2000
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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 (4,920 ft).
Behavior
P. dringi is diurnal and arboreal.1
Reproduction
References
References
- Grismer L; Quah E (2018). "Pseudocalotes dringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T170422A101129017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170422A101129017.en. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- Pseudocalotes dringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudocalotes dringi, p. 75)
Further reading
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.4. PMID 30790898.
- 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. doi:10.1163/156853800507372. (Pseudocalotes dringi, new species)
- Manthey U (2010). Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 2, Leiolepidinae. Terralog. Vol. 7b. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3899733754.