Dendragama boulengeri

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Dendragama
Species: Dendragama boulengeri
Name

Dendragama boulengeri Doria, 1888: 649

Lectotype: MSNG 29936, ♂. [designated by Capocaccia (1961: 90)]
Type locality: “monte Singalang (Sumatra occidentale) ad un’ altezza di metri circa 2800” [=Gunung Singgalang, Kabupaten Agam, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia, 0.38º S, 100.36º E].

References
Primary references

Doria, G. 1888. Nota erpetologiche. I. Alcuni nuovi sauri raccolti in Sumatra dal Dr. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 26: 646–652, plate 8. BHL
Capocaccia, L. 1961. Catalogo del tipi di reptili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 72: 86–111. BHL

Additional references

Harvey, M.B., Shaney, K., Sidik, I., Kurniawan, N. & Smith, E.N. 2017. Endemic Dragons of Sumatra’s Volcanoes: New Species of Dendragama (Squamata: Agamidae) and Status of Salea rosaceum Thominot. Herpetological Monographs 31(1): 69–97. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00012 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Dendragama boulengeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2017.

Vernacular names
English: Boulenger's Tree Agama

Boulenger's tree agama (Dendragama boulengeri) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.[1]

Etymology

Both the specific name, boulengeri, and the common name, Boulenger's tree agama, are in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[2]
Description

Dorsally, D. boulengeri is bluish green, with blackish crossbars. Ventrally it is pinkish, with brown spots. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.3 cm (2.9 in), with a tail length of 16 cm (6.3 in).[3]
Reproduction

D. boulengeri is oviparous.[1]
References

Species Dendragama boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
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. (Dendragama boulengeri, p. 33).

de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Dendragama boulengeri, pp. 118–119, Figure 52).