Leiolepis boehmei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Leiolepis |
Species: | L. boehmei
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Binomial name | |
Leiolepis boehmei
Darevsky &
Kupriyanova, 1993
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Leiolepis boehmei, also known commonly as Böhme's butterfly lizard and Böhmes Schmetterlingsagame in German, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.
The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme. [2]
L. boehmei is found in southern Thailand. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of L. boehmei is coastal areas with beach forest or sand dunes. [1]
Medium-sized for its genus, L. boehmei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12 cm (4.7 in). The tail is long, slightly more than twice SVL. Dorsally, it is dark olive. Ventrally, it is grayish. [4]
L. boehmei is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
L. boehmi is a unisexual, all female, diploid species, which reproduces by parthenogenesis. [3]