Bronchocela
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| Bronchocela | |
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| Bronchocela cristatella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Bronchocela Kaup, 1827[1] |
Bronchocela is a genus of Asian lizards, commonly known as bloodsuckers, crested lizards, and forest lizards, in the family Agamidae.[2]
Species
[edit]There are 15 species in the genus Bronchocela:[2]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
_Figure_3.jpg) | Bronchocela burmana Blanford, 1878 – Burmese green crested lizard | Malay Peninsula to southern Myanmar and Thailand. |
| Bronchocela celebensis Gray, 1845 – Sulawesi bloodsucker | Indonesia | |
.jpg) | Bronchocela cristatella (Kuhl, 1820) – green crested lizard | Malaysia (West Malaysia and Borneo), Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon), South Thailand, and south Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills). |
| Bronchocela cyanopalpebra Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023 | India (Nicobar Islands) | |
 | Bronchocela danieli (Tiwari & Biswas, 1973) – Daniel's bloodsucker, Daniel's forest lizard | Great Nicobar Island, India. |
| Bronchocela hayeki (L. Müller, 1928) – Sumatra bloodsucker | Indonesia | |
 | Bronchocela jubata A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – maned forest lizard | Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines |
_from_Mt._Cagua_-_ZooKeys-266-001-g043.jpg) | Bronchocela marmorata Gray, 1845 – marbled bloodsucker | Philippines |
| Bronchocela nicobarica Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023 | India (Nicobar Islands) | |
| Bronchocela orlovi Hallermann, 2004 – Orlov's forest lizard | Vietnam | |
 | Bronchocela rayaensis Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015 – Gunung Raya green crested lizard | Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand |
| Bronchocela rubrigularis Hallermann, 2009 | Nicobar Islands | |
| Bronchocela shenlong Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015 | Malaysia | |
| Bronchocela smaragdina Günther, 1864 – Günther's bloodsucker | Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam | |
| Bronchocela vietnamensis Hallermann & Orlov, 2005 | Vietnam |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Bronchocela.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bronchocela ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
- ^ a b Bronchocela at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2013.
Further reading
[edit]- Kaup J (1827). "Zoologische Monographien ". Isis von Oken 20: 610–625. (Bronchocela, new genus, p. 619). (in German).
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