Draco boschmai

Draco boschmai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Draco
Species:	D. boschmai
Binomial name
	Draco boschmai; Hennig, 1936
Synonyms
	Draco volans boschmai; Hennig, 1936; Draco boschmai; — McGuire & Kiew, 2001;

Last updated December 02, 2025

Draco boschmai is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, boschmai, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Hilbrand Boschma.^[2]

Geographic range

Within Indonesia D. boschmai is found on the islands of Adonara, Flores, Komodo, Lombok, Rinca, Sulawesi, Sumba, and Sumbawa.^[1]

Description

D. boschmai may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 9 cm (3.5 in). The patagium is dark brown.^[1]

Reproduction

D. boschmai is oviparous.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Draco boschmai 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 boschmai, p. 32).

Hennig W (1936). "Revision der Gattung Draco (Agamidae)". Temminckia, Leiden1: 153–220. (Draco volans boschmai, new subspecies). (in German).
McGuire JA, Kiew BH (2001). "Phylogenetic systematics of Southeast Asian flying lizards (Iguania: Agamidae: Draco) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society72: 203–229. (Draco boschmai, new status).
Musters CJM (1983). "Taxonomy of the genus Draco L. (Agamidae, Lacertilia, Reptilia)". Zoologische Verhandelingen (199): 1–120. (Draco volans boschmai).

This lizard from family Agamidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[RDB-1] 1 2 3 4 Draco boschmai 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 boschmai, p. 32).

[1]

[2]