Lophocalotes ludekingi

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Lophocalotes ludekingi
Lophocalotes interruptus.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Lophocalotes
Species:
L. ludekingi
Binomial name
Lophocalotes ludekingi
(Bleeker, 1860)
Synonyms [1]
  • Calotes ludekingi
    Bleeker, 1860
  • Lophocalotes interruptus
    Günther, 1872
  • Lophocalotes Luedekingii [sic]
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Lophocalotes ludekingi
    de Rooij, 1915

Lophocalotes ludekingi, called commonly the crested lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, ludekingi, is in honor of Dutch physician E.W.A. Ludeking, who collected specimens for the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie , Leiden. [2]

Reproduction

L. ludekingi is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lophocalotes ludekingi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lophocalotes ludekingi, p. 162).

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