Acanthosaura crucigera () is a species of lizard commonly known as the masked spiny lizard , Boulenger's pricklenape, or masked horned tree lizard. They are found in Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Cambodia.
They have a distinct diamond-shaped black mark on the upper side of the neck and measure about 25 cm in total, snout to tip of the tail.
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In the recent years A. cardamomensis and A. phuketensis got split from A. crucigera.
Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Lacertilia
Family
Agamidae
Genus
Acanthosaura
Species
Acanthosaura crucigera
Common names
German:
Masken-Nackenstachler
Winkelkopfagame
English:
Boulenger's tree dragon
Boulenger's pricklenape
Masked horned tree lizard
Thai: กิ้งก่าเขาหนามสั้น
Synonyms
Acanthosaura crucigera, Larry Lee Grismer & Evan S. H. Quah (2019)
Acanthosaura crucigera, Perry L. Wood Jr et al. (2010)
Acanthosaura cf. crucigera, Larry Lee Grismer et al. (2008)
Acanthosaura cf. crucigera, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
Acanthosaura crucigera, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Acanthosaura crucigera, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Acanthosaura crucigera, Heinz Wermuth (1967)
Acanthosaura crucigera, Edward Harrison Taylor (1963)
Goniocephalus armatus crucigerus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1935)
Acanthosaura horrescens, Axel Johan Einar Lönnberg (1916)
Acanthosaura crucigera, George Albert Boulenger (1885)