Boulenger's tree agama explained

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

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.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. boulengeri is forest, at altitudes of .

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 7.3cm (02.9inches), with a tail length of 16cm (06inches).^[2]

Behavior

D. boulengeri is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction

D. boulengeri is oviparous. Clutch size is two to four eggs, and the female lays more than one clutch per year.

Further reading

• 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).
• Doria G (1888). "Note erpetologiche I. Alcuni nuovi sauri raccolti in Sumatra dal D.re O. Beccari ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda [Series 2] 6: 646–652. (Dendragama, new genus, p. 649; D. boulengeri, new species, pp. 649–651). (in Italian).
• Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. . (Dendragama boulengeri, p. 167). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [Nelly de Rooij|de Rooij N]