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Bronchocela is a genus of Asian lizards, commonly known as bloodsuckers, crested lizards, and forest lizards, in the family Agamidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyAgamidae
Observations recorded7,242

Bronchocela es un género de reptiles escamosos de la familia Agamidae.​

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
57
With media
3
Family
Agamidae
Collections
CAS, KU, MVZ, TNHC
Recorded in
Philippine Ids., Philippines, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Draconinae
Image
Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella).jpg
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Commons category
Bronchocela
taxon name
Bronchocela
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Bronchocela
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Encyclopedic overview

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Bronchocela is a genus of Asian lizards, commonly known as bloodsuckers, crested lizards, and forest lizards, in the family Agamidae.

==Species== There are 15 species in the genus Bronchocela: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Bronchocela burmana – Burmese green crested lizard|| Malay Peninsula to southern Myanmar and Thailand. |- | ||Bronchocela celebensis – Sulawesi bloodsucker|| Indonesia |- |120px ||Bronchocela cristatella – 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 || India (Nicobar Islands) |- |120px ||Bronchocela danieli – Daniel's bloodsucker, Daniel's forest lizard || Great Nicobar Island, India. |- | ||Bronchocela hayeki – Sumatra bloodsucker||Indonesia |- |120px ||Bronchocela jubata – maned forest lizard||Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines |- |120px ||Bronchocela marmorata – marbled bloodsucker||Philippines |- | ||Bronchocela nicobarica || India (Nicobar Islands) |- | ||Bronchocela orlovi – Orlov's forest lizard|| Vietnam |- |120px ||Bronchocela rayaensis – Gunung Raya green crested lizard|| Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand |- | ||Bronchocela rubrigularis || Nicobar Islands |- | ||Bronchocela shenlong ||Malaysia |- | ||Bronchocela smaragdina – Günther's bloodsucker ||Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam |- | ||Bronchocela vietnamensis || Vietnam |- |}

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