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Boulenger's tree agama

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Dendragama
Dendragama boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Iguania
Family:
Agamidae
Subfamily:
Draconinae
Genus:
Dendragama

Doria, 1888
Species:
D. boulengeri
Binomial name
Dendragama boulengeri
Doria, 1888[1]

Dendragama is a monotypic genus of lizards, containing only the species Dendragama boulengeri, which is commonly called Boulenger's tree agama and is endemic to Sumatra.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
  2. ^ 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. ("Boulenger", pp. 33-35; Dendragama boulengeri, p. 33).

Further reading

  • 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, Series 2, 6: 646-652. (Dendragama, new genus, p. 649; D. boulengeri, new species, pp. 649-651). (in Italian).


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