Leiolepis
This article is about lizards. For the genus of pitvipers formerly called Leiolepis, see Calloselasma.
| Leiolepidinae (subfamily) Leiolepis (genus) | |
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| Common butterfly lizard, L. belliana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Leiolepidinae |
| Genus: | Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 |
| Species | |
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8 spp., see text | |
Leiolepis, commonly known as butterfly lizards or butterfly agamas (Thai: แย้), are group of agamid lizards of which very little is known. They are native to Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. They are terrestrial lizards and prefer to live in arid, open regions.
Leiolepis is the sole genus of subfamily Leiolepidinae.
Species
At least eight species are recognized:[1][2][3]
Sexual species
- Common butterfly lizard - L. belliana (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
- L. b. rubritaeniata[4]
- Giant butterfly lizard, spotted butterfly lizard - L. guttata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Burmese butterfly lizard - L. peguensis Peters, 1971
- Chinese butterfly lizard, Reeves' butterfly lizard - L. reevesii (Gray, 1831)
Asexual species
- Böhme’s butterfly lizard - L. boehmei Darevsky & Kupriyanova, 1993
- Peters’ butterfly lizard - L. guentherpetersi Darevsky & Kupriyanova, 1993
- Ngo Van Tri's lady butterfly lizard - L. ngovantrii Grismer & Grismer, 2010[3]
- Thai butterfly lizard, Malayan butterfly lizard - L. triploida Peters, 1971
Captivity
Butterfly lizards are popular in the pet trade.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Leiolepis |
- ↑ Leiolepis, The Reptile Database
- ↑ Leiolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Grismer, J.L. and Grismer, L.L. 2010. Who’s your mommy? Identifying maternal ancestors of asexual species of Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 and the description of a new endemic species of asexual Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 2433: 47–61. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02433p061f.pdf
- ↑ Leiolepis belliana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database