Bronchocela danieli

Bronchocela danieli is a species of agamid lizard found in Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar Island, India.

Bronchocela danieli
Bronchocela danieli from Great Nicobar Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Bronchocela
Species:
B. danieli
Binomial name
Bronchocela danieli
(Tiwari & Biswas, 1973)
Synonyms
  • Calotes danieli
    Tiwari & Biswas, 1973
  • Bronchocela danieli
    — Moody, 1980 [1]

Etymology

The specific name, danieli, is in honor of Indian naturalist Jivanayakam Cyril "J.C." Daniel.[2]

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References
  1. "Bronchcela danieli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bronchocela danieli, p. 65).

Further reading
  • Biswas S (1984). "Some notes on the reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81 (2): 476–481.
  • Das I (1999). "Biogeography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". pp. 43–77. In: Ota H (editor) (1999). Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 353 pp. ISBN 978-0444501950.
  • Murthy TSN (1990). "A Field Book of the lizards of India". Rec. Zool. Surv. India 115: 1–122.
  • Sharma RC (2002). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Reptilia (Sauria). Kolkata [=Calcutta]: Zoological Survey of India.
  • Tikader BK, Sharma RC (1992). Handbook of Indian Lizards. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India.
  • Tiwari KK, Biswas S (1973). "Two new reptiles from the great Nicobar Islands". J. Zool. Soc. India 25: 57–63.


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