Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885

Mulcahy, Daniel G., Lee, Justin L., Miller, Aryeh H., Chand, Mia, Thura, Myint Kyaw & Zug, George R., 2018, Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data, ZooKeys 757, pp. 85-152 : 85

Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885 Masked Prickly-naped Lizard Fig. 4C

Description.

Adult male 110.4 mm SVL, 222 mm TailL, 27.3 mm HeadL; 42% TrunkL/SVL, 30% Forarm/CrusL, 25% HeadL/SVL, 82% HeadW/HeadL, 61% HeadH/HeadL, 61% SnEye/HeadL, 23% EyeEar/HeadL.

Acanthosaura crucigera is a striking lizard with its postorbital and nape spines, highlighted by dark brown face mask bordered below by white lips and jowl. This specimen has seven cervical spines, 20 fourth finger lamellae and 26 fourth toe lamellae.

Natural history notes.

Only one individual was seen during the six days of survey days in the forest. This individual was on a branch overhanging the stream.

General Distribution.

Tanintharyi Myanmar through southern Thailand and Cambodia, southward to northern West Malaysia.

Molecular Data.

No COI sequences are currently available for A. crucigera , and our specimen was placed in its own COIBIN and differs from other Acanthosaura species by 16-18%. Our specimen is 97% similar to an A. crucigera in GenBank (AB031980) from Koh Chang Island, Thailand ( Honda et al. 2000a) based on 16S data and is placed sister to this specimen in our 16S tree.

Specimens examined.

USNM 587019.

Red List status.

NE.