Dendragama

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. 1 2 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).

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