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Burmese Mountain Agamid
Pseudocalotes kakhienensis (Anderson, 1879)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Pseudocalotes kakhienensis, the Kakhyen Hills spiny lizard or Burmese mountain agamid, is a species of agamid lizard found in southern China (western Yunnan), Myanmar (= Burma) (east of Irrawaddy River), India, and northern Thailand.
The type locality is Ponsee, Western Yunnan.
Wikipedia contributors, Pseudocalotes kakhienensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:27:51.184797+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pseudocalotes kakhienensis (Anderson, 1879)
- Name authority
- (Anderson, 1879)
- Common name
- Burmese Mountain Agamid
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Pseudocalotes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- subfamilyDraconinae
- genusPseudocalotes
- speciesPseudocalotes kakhienensis (Anderson, 1879)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudocalotes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Green Crestless Forest LizardPseudocalotes andamanensis (Boulenger, 1891) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vietnam False BloodsuckerPseudocalotes brevipes (Werner, 1904) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Purple-throated False Garden LizardPseudocalotes cybelidermus Harvey, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Shaney & Smith, 2014 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malaya False BloodsuckerPseudocalotes flavigula (Smith, 1924) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flower’s Forest AgamidPseudocalotes floweri (Boulenger, 1912) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kingdonward's BloodsuckerPseudocalotes kingdonwardi (Smith, 1935) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bukit Larut False Garden LizardPseudocalotes larutensis Hallermann & Mcguire, 2001 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laotian False BloodsuckerPseudocalotes poilani (Bourret, 1939) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stitched-back False Garden LizardPseudocalotes rhammanotus Harvey, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Shaney & Smith, 2014 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudocalotes saravacensis Inger & Stuebing, 1994 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ziegler’s Tree LizardPseudocalotes ziegleri Hallermann, Truong, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2010 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dash-lined False Garden LizardPseudocalotes guttalineatus Harvey, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Shaney & Smith, 2014 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Oriocalotes kakhienensis Anderson, 1879 Anderson, 1879 | synonym |
| Oriocalotes discolor Anderson, 1870 Anderson, 1870 | synonym |
| Salea brachydactyla Rendahl, 1937 Rendahl, 1937 | synonym |
| Calotes feae Boulenger, 1888 Boulenger, 1888 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pseudocalotes&species=kakhienensis Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4NQLB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.