Zonosaurus boettgeri

Zonosaurus boettgeri
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gerrhosauridae
Genus:	Zonosaurus
Species:	Z. boettgeri
Binomial name
	Zonosaurus boettgeri; Steindachner, 1891

Zonosaurus boettgeri is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic Madagascar.[1][2]

Geographic range

Z. boettgeri is found in the northern Madagascar mainland, and on the island Nosy Be, where it is found in Lokobe Reserve.[2][3]

Description

Z. boettgeri grows to a total length (including tail) of 50 cm (20 in).[2]

Behavior

Z. boettgeri is arboreal.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[2][4]

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References

Raselimanana A, Rakotondravony H, Raxworthy CJ (2011). "Zonosaurus boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172969A6950216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172969A6950216.en.
Zonosaurus boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 December 2014.
Tyson, Peter (2000). The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, And Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar. New York: Harper Collins. p. 19. ISBN 0-380-97577-7.
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. (Zonosaurus boettgeri, p. 29).

Raselimanana AP, Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ (2006). "Observations and re-description of Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner 1891 and description of a second new species of long-tailed Zonosaurus from western Madagascar". Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (739): 1-16.
Steindachner F (1891). "Über einige neue und seltene Reptilien- und Amphibien-Arten ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 100 (6): 291-316 + 2 plates. (Zonosaurus boettgeri, new species, pp. 299–301). (in German).

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[IUCN-1] Raselimanana A, Rakotondravony H, Raxworthy CJ (2011). "Zonosaurus boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172969A6950216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172969A6950216.en.

[RDB-2] Zonosaurus boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 December 2014.

[3] Tyson, Peter (2000). The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, And Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar. New York: Harper Collins. p. 19. ISBN 0-380-97577-7.

[4] 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. (Zonosaurus boettgeri, p. 29).