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2- Leiolepis. guttata  (  Giant butterfly lizard, spotted butterfly lizard ) :

Giant Butterfly Agama (Leiolepis Guttata)

The giant butterfly lizard (Leiolepis guttata) is a rarely seen species of lizard found in parts of Southeast Asia. It is the largest member of the genus Leiolepis.

 

 

Giant butterfly lizard

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Agamidae

Genus:Leiolepis

Species:L. guttata

Binomial name

Leiolepis guttata
Cuvier, 1829

Video : 

 

 

scientific name: Leiolepis guttata

 

Cites status:Not protected

Geographical Extension:coastal areas of Vietnam

Habitat:coastal areas, sparsely overgrown beaches, open pine forests, crepuscular and nocturnal

Size:about 50 cm

Life Expectancy:over 7 years

Reproduction:clutches with 2-6 eggs are possible. Incubation at 28°C.

Temperature:ground temperature between 26-28°C, local heat spots up to 45°C. Night setback to 20-23°C.

Humidity:60-80%

Lighting:Daylight fluorescent tubes, if necessary UV tubes (see "Sorry Link missing"). For sufficient UV radiation we recommend "Sorry Link missing" or "Sorry Link missing". "Sorry Link missing" for the creation of local heat spots. Species needs a strong illumination. If necessary the use of HQI lamps or T5 fluorescent tubes is recommended.

Substrate:loamy earth, possibly with small rock structures, "Sorry Link missing".

Cage Furniture:hideouts, stones, roots, climbing facilities, a flat water bowl. Cage substrate should always be slightly wet in one spot.

Terrarium Size (for long term care):150 x 60 x 60 cm (LxWxH)

food:Insectivore and herbivore (small crickets, house crickets, wax moths, apples, bananas, dandelion, clover, etc.) and sand crabs, smelts also products from the "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing". Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary.

Comment:Should be kept in a roomy terrarium due to its active nature!

Videos :

The Biggest Oldest Butterfly Agama in the World!

Butterfly Agama Eating Crickets

3- Leiolepis reevesii (  Reeves' butterfly lizard ) : 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Leiolepis reevesii,[2][3] commonly known as Reeves' butterfly lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Leiolepis reevesii

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Agamidae

Genus:Leiolepis

Species:L. reevesii

Binomial name :

Leiolepis reevesii
(Gray, 1931)

Synonyms[1] :

  • Uromastyx ReveesiiGray, 1831

  • Leiolepis Reveesii— Gray, 1845

  • Leiolepis reevesii— Theobald, 1868

  • Leiolepis belliana reevesii— Mertens, 1961

  • Leiolepis reevesii— Cox et al., 1998

  • Leiolepis reevesii— Chan-Ard et al., 1999

  • Leiolepis reevesii— Sang et al., 2009

  • Leiolepis reevesii— Hartmann et al., 2012

Etymology :

The specific name, reevesii, is in honor of English Naturalist John Reeves.[4]

 

Geographic range :

 

L. reevesii is found in China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.[1][5]

For the external links , refrences  click here to read the full wikipedia article 

Care Articles :

REEVES' BUTTERFLY LIZARD

courtesy to :  www.luckyreptile.com/ 

Cites status:not protected

Geographical Extension:South-China, Laos, Vietnam

Habitat:coastal areas, sparsely overgrown beaches, crepuscular and nocturnal

Size:approx. 40 cm

Life Expectancy:over 7 years

Reproduction:clutches with 7 eggs have been known. Incubation period at 28°C approx. 100 days.

Temperature:ground temperature between 26-28°C, local heat spots up to 45°C. Night setback to 20-23°C.

Humidity:60-80%

Lighting:Daylight fluorescent tubes, if necessary UV tubes (see "Sorry Link missing"). For sufficient UV radiation we recommend "Sorry Link missing" or "Sorry Link missing". "Sorry Link missing" for the creation of local heat spots. Species needs a strong illumination. If necessary the use of HQI lamps or T5 fluorescent tubes is recommended.

Substrate:loamy soil possibly with rock structures, "Sorry Link missing".

Cage Furniture:hideouts, stones, roots, climbing facilities, a flat water bowl. Cage substrate should always be slightly wet in one spot.

food:Insect- and herbivore (e.g. cricktets, house crickets, wax moths, apples, bananas, dandelions, clover, etc.) and sand crabs, small fish, also "Sorry Link missing" and products from the "Sorry Link missing". Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary.

Comment:They should be tended in pairs. A large and roomy terrarium is required due to the high activity of the species.

Other websites :

 

-   www.keepingexoticpets.co.uk/keeping-butterfly-lizards-plated-lizards.html

 

-  Price :  www.reptilesncritters.com/red-butterfly-agama.html

 

-  Russian report : www.zin.ru/societies/nhs/curstudherp/content/2010/CurStudHerp_2010_3-4_132-137.pdf

 

- Genetic Relationship of Three Butterfly Lizard Species (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Leiolepis belliana belliana, Leiolepis boehmei, Agamidae, Squamata)  :  kasetsartjournal.ku.ac.th/kuj_files/2010/A1006241026106778.pdf

4- Leiolepis ngovantrii  : 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Leiolepis ngovantrii (Vietnamese: Nhông cát trinh sản, meaning "parthenogenic sand iguana") is a species of lizard that is all female, reproducing clonally.[1][2] The species is named after Vietnamese herpetologist Ngo Van Tri (born 1969)[3] of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, and is believed to be related to two other Vietnamese lizard species, Leiolepis guttata and Leiolepis guentherpetersi.[4]

Leiolepis ngovantrii

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Agamidae

Genus:Leiolepis

Species:L. ngovantrii

Binomial name:

Leiolepis ngovantrii
Grismer & Grismer, 2010

Description :

 

L. ngovantrii is known to grow to a length of about 12 centimetres (approx. 5 inches).[citation needed] The lizard's back is covered with brown spots with pairs of yellow stripes running along her sides. Her coloring provides adequate camouflage in coastal sandy soil, as well as the mangrove forests during the dry season when grasses and leaves turn pale yellow.[5]

 

Scientific discovery :

 

Though the lizard has been long known to and enjoyed by locals in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta, scientists first discovered the species in 2010 after seeing them sold and eaten in many remote Vietnamese village restaurants in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province, South Vietnam.[4]

For the external links , refrences  click here to read the full wikipedia article 

Leiolepis ngovantrii , the autoclonable lizard.:

 

courtesy to : biologiainteresante.com/naturaleza/262/leiolepis-ngovantrii-el-lagarto-autoclonable/

BY AIXA MENDOZA · SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

It is well known that most lizards possess the extraordinary ability to regenerate their tail. Instead, if they lose any other part of their body, they must learn to live without it, since the regeneration of legs and head is much more complex. However, to our amazement, there is a species capable of regenerating its entire body: we speak of Leiolepis ngovantrii, better known, for obvious reasons, as the autoclonable lizard

 

Originally from Vietnam, this species is part of the traditional Vietnamese menus and lives among the arid coastal dunes and bushes. It was discovered when a group of investigators saw, in a tank of a restaurant of Vietnam, several specimens of this species. Generally, individuals of this genus have different colors depending on their sex, but it was not the case with the tank lizards ... the scientists noticed that all the specimens were identical and immediately, they asked " if there are only specimens of the same Sex, how do they reproduce? "It was then that they became aware that they were clones formed by parthenogenesis.

 

What is parthenogenesis?

 

Parthenogenesis is a form of reproduction based on the development of unfertilized female sex cells (ovules). Species with this ability do not need sperm to reproduce, since the egg has enough genetic information for the development of the embryo.

 

So all the specimens Leiolepis ngovantrii are females . Each of these females has exactly the same female offspring, so there is no genetic variability and, therefore, flexibility in the process of natural selection, is scarce. Because of this, their ability to adapt genetically to environmental changes is very limited. Their only way of obtaining variability is mutations.

According to the scientists the species that present this type of reproduction are condemned to extinct and very probable that throughout the history, there have been thousands of species "autoclonables" like  Leiolepis ngovantrii.

 

Determining how parthenogenesis appeared in living beings is quite a challenge, but slowly scientific research is revealing this mystery. According to the hypothesis most formulated by science, the main responsible of this mechanism of reproduction is a bacterium denominated Wolbachia, pertaining to the order Rickettsiales. This microscopic organism has the capacity to enter into the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of animals and modify it. These modifications would give rise to genes capable of monitoring the autocloning process.

Summary :

 

Article Name : Leiolepis ngovantrii, the autoclonable lizard.

Description : Leiolepis ngovantrii or the autoclonable lizard, is a species of reptile discovered in Vietnam, able to reproduce by parthenogenesis.

Author:

Aixa Mendoza

Video : 

Leiolepis ngovantrii

- [Herpetology • 2010] Leiolepis ngovantrii • asexual Butterfly lizard endemic to southern Vietnam | Who’s your mommy? Identifying Maternal Ancestors of Asexual Species of Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 and the Description of a new Endemic Species of AsexualLeiolepis from southern Vietnam 

Ngo Van Tri's Lady Butterfly Lizard

• Leiolepis ngovantrii Grismer & Grismer 2010

Abstract : 

 

A new asexual species of Leiolepis is described from Binh Chau – Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve, Xuyen Moc district Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam to where it is believed to be endemic. Leiolepis ngovantrii sp. nov. differs from all sexual species of Leiolepis by lacking males and from all asexual species by having nine rows of enlarged keeled scales across the forearm and 37–40 subdigital lamellae beneath the fourth toe. Phylogenetic inference based on 700 base pairsof the mitochondrial ND2 region, placed L. ngovantrii sp. nov. among the currently described asexual species and was used to assess the maternal ancestors of the remaining asexual species. Both maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses recovered L. guttata as the maternal ancestors of L. guentherpetersi, L. boehmei, and L. ngovantrii sp. nov., and L. boehmei as the maternal ancestor to L. triploida.

 

Key words: asexual, Leiolepis, maternal, ngovantrii, new species, taxonomy, Vietnam

Distribution of all species of Leiolepis: with colored circles representing the samples used in the phylogenetic analysis. * indicate asexual species.

5- Leiolepis rubritaeniata 

Maternal Ancestors: Leiolepis ngovantrii (a) and the maternal ancestors: L. guttata; (b) female, (c) male – from Binh Chau – Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province, Vietnam.

Grismer, J.L. and Grismer, L.L. 2010. Who’s your mommy? Identifying maternal ancestors of asexual species of Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 and the description of a new endemic species of asexual Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 2433: 47–61. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02433p061f.pdf

 

New species of self-cloning lizard a treat for Vietnamese diners Special

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/300066

Agamidae :  Introduction 

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