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Pricklenapes
Acanthosaura
Acanthosaura is a genus of lizards, commonly known as mountain horned dragons or pricklenape agamas, in the family Agamidae. The common name "pricklenape" refers to a row of dorsal spines which runs down the back of the neck. They are arboreal lizards found in Southeast Asia. They are medium-sized, their total length (including tail) ranging from about 7.5 to 15 in (19 to 38 cm), depending on species and individual. As the common name "mountain horned dragons" implies, they tend to prefer higher elevation areas with dense vegetation.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species
Scale-bellied Tree Lizard
speciesAcanthosaura lepidogaster
Acanthosaura rubrilabris
speciesAcanthosaura rubrilabris
Phuket Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura phuketensis
Armored Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura armata
Crowned Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura coronata
Boulenger's Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura crucigera
Cardamom Mountains Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura cardamomensis
Southern Short-horned Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura meridiona
Gia Lai Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura nataliae
Acanthosaura hainanensis
speciesAcanthosaura hainanensis
Green Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura capra
Malayan Mountain Horned Agamid
speciesAcanthosaura titiwangsaensis
Phong Dien Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura phongdienensis
Orange-crested Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura aurantiacrista
Tongbiguan Prickleneck
speciesAcanthosaura tongbiguanensis
Acanthosaura longicaudata
speciesAcanthosaura longicaudata
Bukit Larut Mountain Horned Agamid
speciesAcanthosaura bintangensis
Fansipan Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura brachypoda
Jianshui Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura liui
Lesser Green Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura prasina
Langbian Pricklenape
speciesAcanthosaura murphyi
Acanthosaura cuongi
speciesAcanthosaura cuongi
Acanthosaura grismeri
speciesAcanthosaura grismeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31306.