Bronchocela cristatella
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| Bronchocela cristatella Kuhl, 1820 |
An agamid lizard found in parts of Malaysia (Pulau Tioman, Johor: Pulau Sibu, Borneo), S Myanmar (= Burma) (Tenasserim), Thailand, W Malaysia, Singapore, India (Nicobar Island), Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon) and Indonesia.
[edit] Description
From C. A. L. Günther (1864) The Reptiles of British India.
Scales of the sides small, there being about forty in one of the transverse scries; ventral scales much larger, in fourteen longitudinal rows. A short scries of three or four larger scales forms a continuation of the superciliary margin; no other large scale on the temple. Nuchal crest low, formed by triangular spines; it is not continued on the back, where the vertebral scales arc scarcely prominent. The fourth hind toe is one-eighth longer than the third. Uniform grass-green. This species is very common in the Malayan countries and in numerous islands of the East Indian Archipelago—Sumatra, Java, Amboyna, Celebes, Borneo, Booroo, Philippines, &c. It moves and leaps with great quickness among the branches of trees. Cantor saw the colours of these lizards change suddenly to grey, brownish or blackish, sometimes with orange spots or with indistinct black network; large, isolated, round black spots appeared on the head or back or round the tympanum. It attains to a length of 20 inches, the tail measuring 16 inches.
[edit] References
- Das, I. & R. Gemel 2000 Nomenclatural status of Fitzinger's (1861) Pseudocalotes archiducissae, and confirmation of Bronchocela cristatella (Kuhl, 1820) from the Nicobar Archipelago (Squamata: Sauria: Agamaidae). Herpetozoa 13 (1/2): 55-58
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