Boulenger's tree agama

Boulenger's tree agama
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Dendragama
Species:	D. boulengeri
Binomial name
	Dendragama boulengeri; Doria, 1888
Synonyms
	Dendragama boulengeri ; Doria, 1888; Calotes (Pseudocalotes) boulengeri ; — Mertens, 1954; Calotes boulengeri ; — Wermuth, 1967; Dendragama boulengeri ; — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997;

Boulenger's tree agama (Dendragama boulengeri) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.^[2]

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.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. boulengeri is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,533 m (3,281–5,030 ft).^[1]

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 7.3 cm (2.9 in), with a tail length of 16 cm (6.3 in).^[4]

Behavior

D. boulengeri is arboreal and diurnal.^[1]

Reproduction

D. boulengeri is oviparous.^[2] Clutch size is two to four eggs, and the female lays more than one clutch per year.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kamsi M, Shea G, Riyanto A, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Dendragama boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T17451130A17451183.en. Accessed on 29 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Species Dendragama boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
^ 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. (Dendragama boulengeri, p. 33).
^ 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).

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).
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 [Series 2] 6: 646–652. (Dendragama, new genus, p. 649; D. boulengeri, new species, pp. 649–651). (in Italian).
Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Dendragama boulengeri, p. 167). (in German).

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[iucn-1] Kamsi M, Shea G, Riyanto A, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Dendragama boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T17451130A17451183.en. Accessed on 29 February 2024.

[RDB-2] Species Dendragama boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org

[3] 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. (Dendragama boulengeri, p. 33).

[4] 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).

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