Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885 is a animal in the Agamidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885

Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885

Acanthosaura crucigera is a lizard species found in Southeast Asia, with a distinct neck marking and total length of ~25 cm.

Family
Genus
Acanthosaura
Order
Class
Squamata

About Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885

Acanthosaura crucigera, scientifically named Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885, is a species of lizard. In Thai, it is called กิ้งก่าเขาหนามสั้น, and it has three common English names: masked spiny lizard, Boulenger's pricklenape, and masked horned tree lizard. This lizard is distributed across Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Cambodia. It can be identified by a distinct diamond-shaped black mark on the upper portion of its neck, and its total length from snout to the tip of the tail is approximately 25 cm, or 9.8 inches.

Photo: (c) Andaman Kaosung, all rights reserved, uploaded by Andaman Kaosung

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Agamidae Acanthosaura

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