Hardwicke's Bloodsucker

Hardwicke's Bloodsucker

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Agaminae
Genus:	Brachysaura
Species:	B. minor
Binomial name
*Brachysaura minor* (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
Synonyms
Agama minor Hardwicke & Gray 1827: 218 Brachysaura ornata Blyth 1856 Charasia ornata Boulenger 1885 Acanthosaura minor Boulenger 1890 Agama minor Smith 1935 Laudakia minor Das 1996 Agama minor Wermuth 1967

Hardwicke's Bloodsucker (Brachysaura minor) is an Agamid lizard found in Pakistan (Sindh) and India. It is the only species, monotypic of, the genus Brachysaura.

References

Blyth, E. 1856, Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 25:448-449
Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
Günther, A. 1864 The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
Hardwicke,F.R. & Gray, J.E. 1827 A synopsis of the species of saurian reptiles, collected in India by Major-General Hardwicke. Zool. J. London 3: 214-229
Manthey, U. & SCHUSTER,N. 1999 Agamen, 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp.
Smith, M.A. 1935 Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. in: The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp.
http://jcvi.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Brachysaura&species=minor Downladed Feb. 17, 2010.

External links

Brachysaura minor at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database