Draco iskandari
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| Draco iskandari | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Draco |
| Species: | D. iskandari
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| Binomial name | |
| Draco iskandari | |
Draco iskandari is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[2] The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, iskandari, is in honor of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.[3]
Geographic range
D. iskandari is found on the island of Tagulandang, one of the Sangihe Islands off the northern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. iskandari is forest, but it has also been found in artificial habitats such orchards and plantations.[1]
Behavior
D. iskandari is arboreal and diurnal.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Reilly S (2021). "Draco iskandari ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104654123A104654126.en. Accessed on 17 May 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Draco iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- ↑ 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. (Draco iskandari, p. 131).
Further reading
- Koch A (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 374 pp. ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4.
- McGuire JA, Brown RM, Mumpuni, Riyanto A, Andayani N (2007). "The flying lizards of the Draco lineatus group (Squamata: Iguania: Agamidae): A taxonomic revision with descriptions of two new species". Herpetological Monographs 21 (1): 180–213. (Draco iskandari, new species, p. 183).
