Bronchocela danieli (TIWARI & BISWAS, 1973)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Daniel's Forest Lizard
Synonym	Calotes danieli TIWARI & BISWAS 1973 Bronchocela danieli — MOODY 1980 Calotes danieli — BISWAS 1984 Calotes danieli — TIKADER & SHARMA 1992: 104 Calotes danieli — SHARMA 2002: 221 Bronchocela danieli — DAS 1996: 43
Distribution	India (Nicobar Islands) Type locality: Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar Island, India.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZSI 22455
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. (Partly after Tiwari and Biswas, 1973; Biswas, 1984). A slender limbed species with a SVL of 72 - 80 mm, and a long tail [254 - 271 mm (343 - 352% of SVL)]. Tympanum about half diameter of orbit or little more. Supraocular scales large and flat, not keeled, seven compressed scales on temple behind supercilium. Nuchal crest indicated by 12 - 14 small compressed and erect triangular scales, dorsal crest present extending to tail. Gular region covered with keeled scales, smaller than ventrals. Body scales small, strongly keeled, in 68 - 71 midbody scale rows, 5 - 6 uppermost scale rows pointing upward others directed downwards. Ventrals about 5 times larger than dorsals, strongly keeled. Fifth toe small, smaller than fourth finger.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Jivanayakam Cyril ("J. C.") Daniel (b. 1927), an Indian naturalist interested in herpetology. He joined the Bombay Natural History Society as an assistant to Dr. Salim Ali (1950), eventually becoming its Director and serving in that capacity until his retirement (1991).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Biswas, S. 1984. Some notes on the reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81(2), 476-481. - get paper here Das, I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna..., Elsevier, pp. 43-77 GRISMER, L. LEE; P.L. WOOD, JR., CHEOL HAENG LEE, EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, EHWAN NGADI & JACK W. SITES, JR. 2015. An integrative taxonomic review of the agamid genus Bronchocela (Kuhl, 1820) from Peninsular Malaysia with descriptions of new montane and insular endemics. Zootaxa 3948 (1): 001–023 - get paper here Hallermann, J. 2005. A taxonomic review of the genus Bronchocela (Squamata: Agamidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 12 (3): 167-182 - get paper here Manthey U 2008. Agamid lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 1. Terralog 7, 160 pp. Moody,S.M. 1980. Phylogenetic and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). PhD thesis, Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 373 pp. Murthy, T.S.N. 1990. A field book of the lizards of India. Records Zool. Survey India 115: 1-122 - get paper here Sharma, R. C. 2002. Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Reptilia (Sauria). Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 430 pp. - get paper here Tikader, B. K. and Sharma, R. C. 1992. Handbook Indian Lizards. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. - get paper here Tiwari,K.K. & BISWAS,S. 1973. Two new reptiles from the great Nicobar Islands. J. Zool. Soc. India 25: 57-63 Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here
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