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Leiolepis boehmei

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Leiolepis boehmei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Leiolepis
Species:
L. boehmei
Binomial name
Leiolepis boehmei

Leiolepis boehmei, also known commonly as Böhme's butterfly lizard and Böhmes Schmetterlingsagame in German, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Etymology

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The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[2]

Geographic range

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L. boehmei is found in southern Thailand.[3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of L. boehmei is coastal areas with beach forest or sand dunes.[1]

Description

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Medium-sized for its genus, L. boehmei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12 cm (4.7 in). The tail is long, slightly more than twice SVL. Dorsally, it is dark olive. Ventrally, it is grayish.[4]

Behavior

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L. boehmei is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

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L. boehmi is a unisexual, all female, diploid species, which reproduces by parthenogenesis.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Duengkae P, Sumontha M, Trivalarait P, Cota M, Thaksintham W (2018). "Leiolepis boehmei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T99931118A99931123. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/99931118/99931123. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ 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. (Leiolepis boehmei, p. 30).
  3. ^ a b Leiolepis boehmei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ Darevsky & Kupriyanova (1993).

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