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Bronchocela hayeki

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Species of lizard

Bronchocela hayeki
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Bronchocela
Species: B. hayeki
Binomial name
Bronchocela hayeki
(L. Müller, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Calotes hayeki
    L. Müller, 1928

Bronchocela hayeki, also known commonly as the Sumatra bloodsucker, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

B. hayeki is named after the Austrian-German painter Hans von Hayek, who spent many years in Indonesia and Ceylon during World War I.

Geographic range

B. hayeki is found in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. hayeki is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,400 m (980–4,590 ft), but it has also been found in disturbed areas such as plantations, gardens, and villages with shrubs and trees.

Description

B. hayeki is bright green dorsally, and lighter green ventrally. The lips, the area around the eye, and the typanum (ear drum) are brownish black. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12 cm (4.7 in). Females are smaller, with a maximum recorded SVL of 9.4 cm (3.7 in). The tail is very long, as much as 41 cm (16 in).

Behavior

B. hayeki is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction

B. hayeki is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Kamsi M, Amarasinghe A, Shea G (2021). "Bronchocela hayeki ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T99928722A99928777.en. Accessed on 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ Bronchocela hayeki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 August 2016.
  3. 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. (Bronchocela hayeki, p. 118).

Further reading

  • Amarasinghe AAT, Kamsi M, Riyanto A, Putra CA, Hallermann J, Andayani N, Abinawanto A, Supriatna J (2022). "Taxonomy, distribution, and conservation status of a rare arboreal lizard, Bronchocela hayeki (Müller, 1928) (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northern Sumatra, Indonesia". Zootaxa 5120 (3): 409–422.
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien und Retilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Bronchocela hayeki, p. 161). (in German).
  • Moody SM (1980). Phylogenetic and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). Ph.D. Thesis. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 373 pp. (Bronchocela hayeki, new combination).
  • Müller L (1928). "Herpetologische Mitteilungen II. Ein neuer Calotes von Sumatra ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 77: 67–69. (Calotes hayeki, new species). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Bronchocela hayeki


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