Lophocalotes ludekingi
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Lophocalotes ludekingi, called commonly the crested lizard, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Draconinae of the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.<ref name=RDB>Lophocalotes ludekingi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
Etymology
The specific name, ludekingi, is in honor of Dutch physician E.W.A. Ludeking, who collected specimens for the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Lophocalotes ludekingi, p. 162).</ref>
Description
Dorsally, Lophocalotes ludekingi is green, with darker crossbands. It may have some irregular red markings on the head.<ref name=RDB/>
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Lophocalotes ludekingi is forest, at altitudes of Template:Cvt.<ref name=iucn/>
Behavior
Lophocalotes ludekingi is arboreal and diurnal.<ref name=iucn/>
Reproduction
Lophocalotes ludekingi is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/>
References
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Further reading
- Bleeker P (1860). "Reptiliën van Agam ". Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 20: 325–329. (Calotes ludekingi, new species, pp. 326–327). (in Dutch).
- Boulenger GA (1887). "Note on some Reptiles from Sumatra described by Bleeker in 1860". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 20: 152. ("Lophocalotes Luedekingii [sic]", new combination).
- Günther A (1872). "On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 586–600 + Plates XXXV–XL. (Lophocalotes interruptus, new species, pp. 593–594 + Plate XXXVII, figure A).
- Hallerman J, Orlov N, Ananjeva N (2004). "Notes on distribution and colour pattern of the rare agamid lizard Lophocalotes ludekingii (Bleeker, 1860) in Sumatra (Indonesia)". Salamandra 40 (3–4): 303–306.
- de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Lophocalotes ludekingi, pp. 116–117, Figure 51).