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Draco iskandari

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Species of lizard

Draco iskandari
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Draco
Species: D. iskandari
Binomial name
Draco iskandari
McGuire, Brown, Mumpuni, Riyanto & Andayani, 2007

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

Etymology

The specific name, iskandari, is in honor of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.

Geographic range

D. iskandari is found on the island of Tagulandang, one of the Sangihe Islands off the northern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. iskandari is forest, but it has also been found in artificial habitats such orchards and plantations.

Behavior

D. iskandari is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction

D. iskandari is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Reilly S (2021). "Draco iskandari ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104654123A104654126.en. Accessed on 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ Draco iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Draco iskandari, p. 131).

Further reading

  • Koch A (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 374 pp. ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4.
  • 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. (Draco iskandari, new species, p. 183).


Taxon identifiers
Draco iskandari


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