Biology:Leiolepis reevesii
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Short description: Species of lizard
Reeves' Butterfly Lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Leiolepis |
Species: | L. reevesii
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Binomial name | |
Leiolepis reevesii (Gray, 1831)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leiolepis reevesii ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Leiolepis&species=reevesii.
- ↑ "Leiolepis reevesii ". Ubio. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=11053198.
- ↑ "Leiolepis reevesii ". ADW. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Leiolepis_reevesii/classification/.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Leiolepis reevesii in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand". Thai National Parks. http://www.thainationalparks.com/khao-yai-national-park/wildlife.
External links
- Flickr photo by Michael Cota, taken in Khao Yai National Park - Thailand
- Flickr photo by Thomas Calame
Wikidata ☰ Q3229200 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiolepis reevesii.
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