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Phuket Horned Tree Agamid

Acanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Acanthosaura phuketensis, the Phuket horned dragon, is a species of arboreal lizard native to Phuket Province, Thailand. It was discovered in 2015. It is now the 11th species in the genus Acanthosaura.

Wikipedia contributors, Acanthosaura phuketensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:42:49.114660+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Acanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015
Name authority
Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015
Common name
Phuket Horned Tree Agamid
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Agamidae
Genus
Acanthosaura
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderIguania
  11. familyAgamidae
  12. subfamilyDraconinae
  13. genusAcanthosaura
  14. speciesAcanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Acanthosaura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Acanthosaura liui Liu, Hou, Mo & Rao, 2020AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
orange crested horned lizardAcanthosaura aurantiacrista Trivalairat, Kunya, Chanhome, Sumontha, Vasaruchapong, Chomngam & Chiangkul, 2020AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Acanthosaura murphyi Nguyen, Do, Hoang, Nguyen, Mccormack, Nguyen, Orlov, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2018AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bintang Horned Tree LizardAcanthosaura bintangensis Wood, Grismer, Grismer, Ahmad, Onn & Bauer, 2009AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Acanthosaura cardamomensis Wood, Grismer, Grismer, Neang, Chav & Holden, 2010AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Acanthosaura coronata Günther, 1861AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Boulenger's PricklenapeAcanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brown PricklenapeAcanthosaura hainanensis Boulenger, 1900AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brown PricklenapeAcanthosaura lepidogaster (Cuvier, 1829)AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Malayan Mountain Horned AgamidAcanthosaura titiwangsaensis Wood, Grismer, Grismer, Ahmad, Onn & Bauer, 2009AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Acanthosaura cuongi Ngo, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Phan, Nguyen, Ziegler & Do, 2025AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sa Pa Horned Tree LizardAcanthosaura brachypoda Ananjeva, Orlov, Nguyen & Ryabov, 2011AgamidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

SW Thailand (Phuket Island)

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.

  1. PAUWELS, OLIVIER S. G.; MONTRI SUMONTHA, KIRATI KUNYA, AWAT NITIKUL, PHAMON SAMPHANTHAMIT, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. & LEE L. GRISMER. (2015). Acanthosaura phuketensis (Squamata: Agamidae), a new long-horned tree agamid from southwestern Thailand. Zootaxa 4020 (3): 473–494. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

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:8ZW5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.