Biology:Zonosaurus boettgeri
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Short description: Species of reptile
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gerrhosauridae |
| Genus: | Zonosaurus |
| Species: | Z. boettgeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891
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Zonosaurus boettgeri, Boettger's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic Madagascar .[1][2]
Geographic range
Z. boettgeri is found in the northern Madagascar mainland, and on the island Nosy Be, where it is found in Lokobe Reserve.[2][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Z. boettgeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Description
Z. boettgeri grows to a total length (including tail) of 50 cm (20 in).[2]
Behavior
Reproduction
Etymology
The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 19 November 2021 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Zonosaurus boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 December 2014.
- ↑ Tyson, Peter (2000). The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, And Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar. New York: Harper Collins. p. 19. ISBN 0-380-97577-7. https://archive.org/details/eighthcontinent00pete/page/19.
- ↑ 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. (Zonosaurus boettgeri, p. 29).
Further reading
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN:978-3929449-03-7.
- Raselimanana AP, Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ (2006). "Observations and re-description of Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner 1891 and description of a second new species of long-tailed Zonosaurus from western Madagascar". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (739): 1–16.
- Steindachner F (1891). "Über einige neue und seltene Reptilien- und Amphibien-Arten ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 100 (6): 291-316 + 2 plates. (Zonosaurus boettgeri, new species, pp. 299–301). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3575992 entry
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