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
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Mantheyus Ananjeva & B. Stuart, 2001 |
| Species: | M. phuwuanensis
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| Mantheyus phuwuanensis (Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991)
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Etymology edit
The generic name, Mantheyus, is in honor of German herpetologist Ulrich Manthey (born 1946).[3]
Geographic range edit
M. phuwuanensis is found in west-central Laos and northeastern Thailand.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ Phimmachak, S., Stuart, B., Cota, M. & Sumontha, M. (2019). "Mantheyus phuwuanensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T104673762A104673810. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104673762/104673810. Downloaded 16 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Species Mantheyus phuwuanensis at The Reptile Database .
- ^ 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 edit
- 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).