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Acanthosaura armata (Gray, 1827) is a animal in the Agamidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Acanthosaura armata (Gray, 1827) (Acanthosaura armata (Gray, 1827))
Animalia

Acanthosaura armata (Gray, 1827)

Acanthosaura armata (Gray, 1827)

Acanthosaura armata is an agamid lizard found across parts of Southeast Asia and southern China, with two common names.

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Family
Genus
Acanthosaura
Order
Class
Squamata

About Acanthosaura armata (Gray, 1827)

Taxonomic Identification

Acanthosaura armata, formally described by Gray in 1827, is a species of agamid lizard.

Common Names

It is commonly called the armored pricklenape or the peninsular horned tree lizard.

Geographic Distribution

This species can be found in Hainan (China), Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra (Indonesia).

Photo: (c) Yingyod Lapwong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yingyod Lapwong · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Agamidae Acanthosaura

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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