Zonosaurus boettgeri

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

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

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]

References

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.
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).

Further reading

• 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).