''Bronchocela danieli'', also known commonly as Daniel's bloodsucker and Daniel's forest lizard, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of lizard in the

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Agamidae. The species is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Campbell Bay,

Great Nicobar Island Great Nicobar is the southernmost and largest of the Nicobar Islands of India, north of Sumatra. History The Nicobar Island has been well known to Indian mariners since the time of the seafaring Cholas https://www.britannica.com/place/Nicobar- ...

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Etymology

The specific name, ''danieli'', is in honor of

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

naturalist Jivanayakam Cyril "J.C." Daniel. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Bronchocela danieli'', p. 65).

Habitat

The preferred natural

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of ''B. danieli'' is

forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

Behavior

''B. danieli'' is

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose nu ...

Reproduction

''B. danieli'' is oviparous.

References

* Biswas S (1984). "Some notes on the reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' 81 (2): 476–481. * Das I (1999). "Biogeography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". pp. 43–77. ''In'': Ota H (editor) (1999). ''Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation''. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 353 pp. . * Murthy TSN (1990). "A Field Book of the Lizards of India". ''Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Papers'' (15): 1–122. * Sharma RC (2002). ''Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Reptilia (Sauria)''. Kolkata

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Zoological Survey of India. * Tikader BK, Sharma RC (1992). ''Handbook of Indian Lizards''. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India. * Tiwari KK, Biswas S (1973). "Two new reptiles from the great Nicobar Islands". ''Journal of the Zoological Society of India'' 25: 57–63. (''Calotes danieli'', new species).

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