Dendragama

Dendragama Dendragama boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Dendragama Doria, 1888
Species:	D. boulengeri
Binomial name
Dendragama boulengeri Doria, 1888[1]

Dendragama is a monotypic genus of lizards, containing only the species Dendragama boulengeri, which is commonly called Boulenger's tree agama and is endemic to Sumatra.^[1]

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.^[2]

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
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. ("Boulenger", pp. 33-35; Dendragama boulengeri, p. 33).

Further reading

• 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, Series 2, 6: 646-652. (Dendragama, new genus, p. 649; D. boulengeri, new species, pp. 649-651). (in Italian).