Biology:Leiolepis reevesii

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Short description: Species of lizard

Reeves' Butterfly Lizard
Reeves' Butterfly Lizard.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Leiolepis
Species:
L. reevesii
Binomial name
Leiolepis reevesii
(Gray, 1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Uromastyx Reveesii
    Gray, 1831
  • Leiolepis Reveesii
    — Gray, 1845
  • Leiolepis reevesii
    — Theobald, 1868
  • Leiolepis belliana reevesii
    — Mertens, 1961
  • Leiolepis reevesii
    — Cox et al., 1998
  • Leiolepis reevesii
    — Chan-ard et al., 1999
  • Leiolepis reevesii
    — Sang et al., 2009
  • Leiolepis reevesii
    — Hartmann et al., 2012

Leiolepis reevesii,[2][3] commonly known as Reeves's butterfly lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to south-eastern Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, reevesii, is in honor of English naturalist John Reeves.[4]

Geographic range

L. reevesii is found in China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.[1][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Leiolepis reevesii ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Leiolepis&species=reevesii. 
  2. "Leiolepis reevesii ". Ubio. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=11053198. 
  3. "Leiolepis reevesii ". ADW. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Leiolepis_reevesii/classification/. 
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leiolepis reevesii, p. 218).
  5. "Leiolepis reevesii in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand". Thai National Parks. http://www.thainationalparks.com/khao-yai-national-park/wildlife. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3229200 entry