Bronchocela
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| name = Bronchocela
| image = Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella).jpg
| image_caption = Bronchocela cristatella
| taxon = Bronchocela
| authority = Kaup, 1827"Bronchocela ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
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Bronchocela is a genus of Asian lizards, commonly known as bloodsuckers, crested lizards, and forest lizards, in the family Agamidae.{{NRDB genus|genus=Bronchocela|accessdate=16 November 2013}}
Species
There are 15 species in the genus Bronchocela:
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| Image | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 120px | Bronchocela burmana {{small|Blanford, 1878}} – Burmese green crested lizard | Malay Peninsula to southern Myanmar and Thailand. |
| Bronchocela celebensis {{small|Gray, 1845}} – Sulawesi bloodsucker | Indonesia | |
| 120px | Bronchocela cristatella {{small|(Kuhl, 1820)}} – green crested lizard | Malaysia (West Malaysia and Borneo), Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon), South Thailand, and south Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills). |
| Bronchocela cyanopalpebra {{small|Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023}} | India (Nicobar Islands) | |
| 120px | Bronchocela danieli {{small|(Tiwari & Biswas, 1973)}} – Daniel's bloodsucker, Daniel's forest lizard | Great Nicobar Island, India. |
| Bronchocela hayeki {{small|(L. Müller, 1928)}} – Sumatra bloodsucker | Indonesia | |
| 120px | Bronchocela jubata {{small|A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837}} – maned forest lizard | Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines |
| 120px | Bronchocela marmorata {{small|Gray, 1845}} – marbled bloodsucker | Philippines |
| Bronchocela nicobarica {{small|Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023}} | India (Nicobar Islands) | |
| Bronchocela orlovi {{small|Hallermann, 2004}} – Orlov's forest lizard | Vietnam | |
| 120px | Bronchocela rayaensis {{small|Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015}} – Gunung Raya green crested lizard | Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand |
| Bronchocela rubrigularis {{small|Hallermann, 2009}} | Nicobar Islands | |
| Bronchocela shenlong {{small|Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015}} | Malaysia | |
| Bronchocela smaragdina {{small|Günther, 1864}} – Günther's bloodsucker | Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam | |
| Bronchocela vietnamensis {{small|Hallermann & Orlov, 2005}} | Vietnam |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Bronchocela.
References
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Further reading
- Kaup J (1827). "Zoologische Monographien ". Isis von Oken 20: 610–625. (Bronchocela, new genus, p. 619). (in German).
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Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup
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