Draco beccarii

Draco beccarii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Draco
Species:	D. beccarii
Binomial name
	Draco beccarii; W. Peters & Doria, 1878
Synonyms
	Draco beccarii; W. Peters & Doria, 1878; Draco lineatus beccarii; — Hennig, 1936; Draco beccarii; — McGuire & Kiew, 2001;

Last updated November 30, 2025

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

D. beccarii is oviparous.^[1]

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).

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 Monographs21 (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 Genova13: 323–450. (Draco beccarii, new species, pp. 373–374). (in Italian and Latin).

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[RDB-1] 1 2 3 4 Draco beccarii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 April 2021.

[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. (Draco beccarii, p. 20).

[3] 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).

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