I Googled Acanthosaurs nataliae orlov...



http://www.manager.co.th/IndoChina/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000038000

An image apparently labelled as this "new species."



http://www.thiennhienmoitruong.com/apm/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1146

Here as well? This ones appears to have a reference: Nguyen and Nguyen, 2006.



So I searched for this paper, and info in the Russian Journal of Herpetology:

"A New Acanthosaura Allied to A. capra Günther, 1861 (Agamidae, Sauria) from Central Vietnam and Southern Laos



Nikolai L. Orlov, Nguyen Quang Truong, and Nguyen Van Sang



A new agamid species from central Vietnam and Southern Laos is described. It is distinguished from A. armata, A. coronata, A. crucigera, and A. lepidogaster by lacking a spine on the occiput between the tympanum and nuchal crest. The new species differs from coronata and lepidogaster by having a large crest and from armata, crucigera, and lepidogaster by lacking a dark marking on the nape. It most closely resembles A. capra, but differs from it by having large keeled scales intermixed with small scales on the lateral and dorsal surface of body (scales relatively uniform in capra). Strong difference in coloration in live of adult males and females of compared species of genus Acanthosaura are described.



Keywords: Agamidae, Acanthosaura, A. capra, a new species, Laos, Vietnam"

(Originally at: http://rjh.folium.ru/contents/2006/2006-01.htm)



But this paper refers to A. coronata, I've never seen that species name before (is it possibly a new name for A. capra?)



Anyways, let me know what you guys think and anything you've found!

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