Boulenger's tree agama (''Dendragama boulengeri'') is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Agamidae
Agamidae is a family (biology), family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards.
Overview
phylogenetics, Phylogenetic ...
. The species is
endemic to
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
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Etymology
Both the specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''boulengeri'', and the common name, Boulenger's tree agama, are in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...
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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 , with a tail length of .[ 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).]
Reproduction
''D. boulengeri'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
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, Serie Seconda'' eries 26: 646–652. (''Dendragama'', new genus, p. 649; ''D. boulengeri'', new species, pp. 649–651). (in Italian).
Dendragama
Reptiles described in 1888
Taxa named by Giacomo Doria
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