Bronchocela

Bronchocela
Bronchocela cristatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Bronchocela Kaup, 1827[1]

Bronchocela is a genus of Asian lizards, commonly known as bloodsuckers, crested lizards, and forest lizards, in the family Agamidae.[2]

Species

There are 15 species in the genus Bronchocela:[2]

Image	Name	Distribution
	Bronchocela burmana Blanford, 1878 – Burmese green crested lizard	Malay Peninsula to southern Myanmar and Thailand.
	Bronchocela celebensis Gray, 1845 – Sulawesi bloodsucker	Indonesia
	Bronchocela cristatella (Kuhl, 1820) – green crested lizard	Malaysia (West Malaysia and Borneo), Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon), South Thailand, and south Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills).
	Bronchocela cyanopalpebra Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023	India (Nicobar Islands)
	Bronchocela danieli (Tiwari & Biswas, 1973) – Daniel's bloodsucker, Daniel's forest lizard	Great Nicobar Island, India.
	Bronchocela hayeki (L. Müller, 1928) – Sumatra bloodsucker	Indonesia
	Bronchocela jubata A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – maned forest lizard	Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines
	Bronchocela marmorata Gray, 1845 – marbled bloodsucker	Philippines
	Bronchocela nicobarica Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023	India (Nicobar Islands)
	Bronchocela orlovi Hallermann, 2004 – Orlov's forest lizard	Vietnam
	Bronchocela rayaensis Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015 – Gunung Raya green crested lizard	Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand
	Bronchocela rubrigularis Hallermann, 2009	Nicobar Islands
	Bronchocela shenlong Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015	Malaysia
	Bronchocela smaragdina Günther, 1864 – Günther's bloodsucker	Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
	Bronchocela vietnamensis Hallermann & Orlov, 2005	Vietnam

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Bronchocela.

References

1. "Bronchocela ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
2. Bronchocela at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2013.

Further reading

• Kaup J (1827). "Zoologische Monographien ". Isis von Oken 20: 610–625. (Bronchocela, new genus, p. 619). (in German).