Draco beccarii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[1] The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Draco beccarii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Draco
Species:
D. beccarii
Binomial name
Draco beccarii
Synonyms[1]
  • Draco beccarii
    W. Peters & Doria, 1878
  • Draco lineatus beccarii
    Hennig, 1936
  • Draco beccarii
    McGuire & Kiew, 2001

Etymology

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The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.[2]

Geographic range

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In Indonesia, D. beccarii is found on the following islands: Buton, Kabaena, Muna, and eastern Sulawesi.[1]

Description

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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

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D. beccarii is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ 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).

Further reading

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  • 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 Monographs 21 (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 Genova 13: 323–450. (Draco beccarii, new species, pp. 373–374). (in Italian and Latin).