Draco beccarii explained

Draco beccarii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.^[1]

Geographic range

In Indonesia, D. beccarii is found on the following islands: Buton, Kabaena, Muna, and eastern Sulawesi.

Description

D. beccarii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5cm (03inches), and a tail length of 14cm (06inches).^[2]

Reproduction

D. beccarii is oviparous.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Draco beccarii, pp. 264–265).
• 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.
• Peters W, Doria G (1878). "Catalogo dei rettili e batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Albertis e A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 323–450. (Draco beccarii, new species, pp. 373–374). (in Italian and Latin).

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [Nelly de Rooij|de Rooij N]