| Draco beccarii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Draco |
| Species: | D. beccarii |
| Binomial name | |
| Draco beccarii | |
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Draco beccarii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[1] The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.[2]
Geographic range
In Indonesia, D. beccarii is found on the following islands: Buton, Kabaena, Muna, and eastern Sulawesi.[1]
Description
D. beccarii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5 cm (3.0 in), and a tail length of 14 cm (5.5 in).[3]
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 3 4 Draco beccarii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- ↑ 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. (Draco beccarii, p. 20).
- ↑ de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E. J. Brill Ltd. xiv + 384 pp. (Draco beccarii, p. 77).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Draco beccarii, pp. 264–265).
- McGuire JA, Brown RM, Mumpuni, Riyanto A, Andayani N (2007). "The flying lizards of the Draco lineatus group (Squamata: Iguania: Agamidae): A taxonomic revision with descriptions of two new species". Herpetological Monographs 21 (1): 180–213.
- Peters W, Doria G (1878). "Catalogo dei rettili e batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Albertis e A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 323–450. (Draco beccarii, new species, pp. 373–374). (in Italian and Latin).
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