''Lophocalotes ludekingi'', called
commonly the crested lizard, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Agamidae
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Overview
phylogenetics, Phylogenetic ...
. The species is
endemic
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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 ...
,
Indonesia
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.
[''Lophocalotes ludekingi'']
The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology
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 ...
, ''ludekingi'', is in honor of Dutch physician E.W.A. Ludeking, who collected specimens for the ''
Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie'',
Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...
.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lophocalotes ludekingi'', p. 162).]
Reproduction
''L. ludekingi'' 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
* Bleeker P (1860). "''Reptiliën van Agam'' ". ''Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië'' 20: 325-329. (''Calotes ludekingi'', new species, pp. 326–327). (in Dutch).
* Boulenger GA (1887). "Note on some Reptiles from Sumatra described by Bleeker in 1860". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series'' 20: 152. ("''Lophocalotes Luedekingii'' ic, new combination).
* Günther A (1872). "On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1872: 586-600 + Plates XXXV–XL. (''Lophocalotes interruptus'', new species, pp. 593–594 + Plate XXXVII, figure A).
* Hallerman J, Orlov N, Ananjeva N (2004). "Notes on distribution and colour pattern of the rare agamid lizard ''Lophocalotes ludekingii'' (Bleeker, 1860) in Sumatra (Indonesia)". ''Salamandra'' 40 (3–4): 303–306.
* de Rooij N (1915). ''The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria''. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (''Lophocalotes ludekingi'', pp. 116–117, Figure 51).
Lophocalotes
Reptiles of Indonesia
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Fauna of Sumatra
Reptiles described in 1860
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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