Boulenger's tree agama

Boulenger's tree agama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Dendragama
Species:
D. boulengeri
Binomial name
Dendragama boulengeri
Doria, 1888[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendragama boulengeri
    Doria, 1888
  • Calotes (Pseudocalotes) boulengeri
    — Mertens, 1954
  • Calotes boulengeri
    — Wermuth, 1967
  • Dendragama boulengeri
    — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997

Boulenger's tree agama (Dendragama boulengeri) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.[2]

Etymology

Both the specific name, boulengeri, and the common name, Boulenger's tree agama, are in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. boulengeri is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,533 m (3,281–5,030 ft).[1]

Description

Dorsally, D. boulengeri is bluish green, with blackish crossbars. Ventrally it is pinkish, with brown spots. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.3 cm (2.9 in), with a tail length of 16 cm (6.3 in).[4]

Behavior

D. boulengeri is arboreal and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

D. boulengeri is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two to four eggs, and the female lays more than one clutch per year.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kamsi M, Shea G, Riyanto A, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Dendragama boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T17451130A17451183.en. Accessed on 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Dendragama boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dendragama boulengeri, p. 33).
  4. ^ de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Dendragama boulengeri, pp. 118–119, Figure 52).

Further reading

  • de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Dendragama boulengeri, pp. 118–119, Figure 52).
  • Doria G (1888). "Note erpetologiche I. Alcuni nuovi sauri raccolti in Sumatra dal D.re O. Beccari ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda [Series 2] 6: 646–652. (Dendragama, new genus, p. 649; D. boulengeri, new species, pp. 649–651). (in Italian).
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Dendragama boulengeri, p. 167). (in German).



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