Zonosaurus boettgeri

Zonosaurus boettgeri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Gerrhosauridae
Genus:	Zonosaurus
Species:	Z. boettgeri
Binomial name
Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891

Zonosaurus boettgeri, Boettger's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic Madagascar. ^{[1] [2]}

Geographic range

Z. boettgeri is found in the northern Madagascar mainland, and on the island Nosy Be, where it is found in Lokobe Reserve. ^{[2] [3]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Z. boettgeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft). ^[1]

Description

Z. boettgeri grows to a total length (including tail) of 50 cm (20 in). ^[2]

Behavior

Z. boettgeri is arboreal. ^[2]

Reproduction

Z. boettgeri is oviparous. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger. ^{[2] [4]}

References

1. Raselimanana, A.; Rakotondravony, H.; Raxworthy, C.J. (2011). "Zonosaurus boettgeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T172969A6950216. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172969A6950216.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Zonosaurus boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 December 2014.
3. Tyson, Peter (2000). The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, And Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar . New York: Harper Collins. p.  19. ISBN   0-380-97577-7.
4. 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. (Zonosaurus boettgeri, p. 29).

Further reading

• Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN   978-3929449-03-7.
• Raselimanana AP, Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ (2006). "Observations and re-description of Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner 1891 and description of a second new species of long-tailed Zonosaurus from western Madagascar". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (739): 1–16.
• Steindachner F (1891). "Über einige neue und seltene Reptilien- und Amphibien-Arten ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe100 (6): 291-316 + 2 plates. (Zonosaurus boettgeri, new species, pp. 299–301). (in German).