Phoxophrys

Phoxophrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Phoxophrys
Hubrecht, 1881
Type species
Phoxophrys tuberculata Hubrecht, 1881
Diversity
5 species (see text)

Phoxophrys is a genus within the Agamidae family. They are distributed in Sumatra and Borneo.[1] Phoxophrys closely resemble the genus Japalura but differ in a number of characters, for example by absence of dorsal crest and by having relatively shorter and deeper head. Male Phoxophrys have a tail that is swollen basally and is flattened above, whereas the females have cylindrical tails.[2]

Species

The genus contains these species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Phoxophrys at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. Inger, Robert F. (1960). "A review of the agamid lizards of the genus Phoxophrys Hubrecht". Copeia. 1960 (3): 221–225. doi:10.2307/1439661. JSTOR 1439661.


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