Bronchocela hayeki

Bronchocela hayeki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Bronchocela
Species:
B. hayeki
Binomial name
Bronchocela hayeki
(L. Müller, 1928)
Synonyms[2]
  • Calotes hayeki
    L. Müller, 1928

Bronchocela hayeki, also known commonly as the Sumatra bloodsucker, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[2]

Etymology

B. hayeki is named after the Austrian-German painter Hans von Hayek, who spent many years in Indonesia and Ceylon during World War I.[3]

Geographic range

B. hayeki is found in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. hayeki is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,400 m (980–4,590 ft), but it has also been found in disturbed areas such as plantations, gardens, and villages with shrubs and trees.[1]

Description

B. hayeki is bright green dorsally, and lighter green ventrally. The lips, the area around the eye, and the typanum (ear drum) are brownish black. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12 cm (4.7 in). Females are smaller, with a maximum recorded SVL of 9.4 cm (3.7 in). The tail is very long, as much as 41 cm (16 in).[2]

Behavior

B. hayeki is arboreal and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

B. hayeki is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kamsi M, Amarasinghe A, Shea G (2021). "Bronchocela hayeki ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T99928722A99928777.en. Accessed on 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bronchocela hayeki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 August 2016.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bronchocela hayeki, p. 118).

Further reading

  • Amarasinghe AAT, Kamsi M, Riyanto A, Putra CA, Hallermann J, Andayani N, Abinawanto A, Supriatna J (2022). "Taxonomy, distribution, and conservation status of a rare arboreal lizard, Bronchocela hayeki (Müller, 1928) (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northern Sumatra, Indonesia". Zootaxa 5120 (3): 409–422.
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien und Retilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Bronchocela hayeki, p. 161). (in German).
  • Moody SM (1980). Phylogenetic and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). Ph.D. Thesis. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 373 pp. (Bronchocela hayeki, new combination).
  • Müller L (1928). "Herpetologische Mitteilungen II. Ein neuer Calotes von Sumatra ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 77: 67–69. (Calotes hayeki, new species). (in German).



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