Draco blanfordii

Draco blanfordii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Draco
Species: Draco blanfordii

Name

• Draco blanfordii Boulenger, 1885: 267

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.26.76 and 1946.8.13.43, both ♂, collected by W.T. Blanford.

Type locality: “Tavoy”, Tenasserim, Myanmar.

Synonyms

• Draco major Blanford, 1878: 125 [preoccupied by Draco major Laurent]

Syntypes: BMNH.

Type locality: “in provincia Tenasserim, haud procul ab urbe Tavoy atque ad radices montis Nawlabu dicti”.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Draco blanfordii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Blanford’s Flying Lizard