Phuwua rock agama

The Phuwua rock agama (Mantheyus phuwuanensis) is a species of lizard within the family Agamidae. Mantheyus phuwuanensis is the only species in the genus Mantheyus. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia

Phuwua rock agama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Mantheyus
Ananjeva & B. Stuart, 2001
Species:
M. phuwuanensis
Binomial name
Mantheyus phuwuanensis
(Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis
    Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991
  • Mantheyus phuwuanensis
    — Ananjeva & B. Stuart 2001

Etymology

The generic name, Mantheyus, is in honor of German herpetologist Ulrich Manthey (born 1946).[2]

Geographic range

M. phuwuanensis is found in west-central Laos and northeastern Thailand.[1]

Reproduction

M. phuwuanensis is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Species Mantheyus phuwuanensis at The Reptile Database .
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mantheyus, p. 167).

Further reading
  • Ananjeva, Natalia B.; Stuart, Bryan L. (2001). "The Agamid Lizard Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis Manthey and Nabhitabhata, 1991 from Thailand and Laos Represents a New Genus". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (3): 165-170. (Mantheyus, new genus; Mantheyus phuwuanensis, new combination).
  • Manthey, Ulrich; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (1991). "Eine neue Agame, Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis sp. n. (Sauria Agamidae), aus Nordost-Thailand ". Sauria, Berlin 13 (4): 3-6. (Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis, new species). (in German and Latin, with an abstract in English).
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