Lophocalotes ludekingi

Lophocalotes ludekingi, called commonly the crested lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.[1]

Lophocalotes ludekingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Lophocalotes
Species:	L. ludekingi
Binomial name
Lophocalotes ludekingi (Bleeker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Calotes ludekingi Bleeker, 1860 Lophocalotes interruptus Günther, 1872 Lophocalotes Luedekingii [sic] — Boulenger, 1887 Lophocalotes ludekingi — de Rooij, 1915

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.[2]

Reproduction

L. ludekingi is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Lophocalotes ludekingi. 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. (Lophocalotes ludekingi, p. 162).

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". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series 20: 152. ("Lophocalotes Luedekingii [sic]", new combination).
• Günther A (1872). "On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872: 586-600. (Lophocalotes, new genus, p. 593).
• 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).