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Lophocalotes ludekingi (BLEEKER, 1860)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Crested Lizard 
SynonymCalotes Ludekingi BLEEKER 1860: 326
Lophocalotes interruptus GÜNTHER 1872: 593 (fide BOULENGER 1887)
Lophocalotes interruptus — BOULENGER 1885: 275
Calotes Luedekingi [sic] — BOULENGER 1887: 152
Lophocalotes ludekingi — DE ROOIJ 1915: 116
Lophocalotes ludekingi — WERMUTH 1967: 71
Lophocalotes ludekingi — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 194
Lophocalotes ludekingi — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 82
Lophocalotes ludekingi — CROTHER 1999
Lophocalotes ludekingii — HALLERMANN et al. 2004
Lophocalotes ludekingi — TEYNIÉ et al. 2010 
DistributionIndonesia (Sumatra, Gunung, Singgalang, Alahanpanjang, Sijunjung)

Type locality: Agam, Sumatra.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH (same type for ludekingi and interruptus fide Harvey et al. 2018) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1558 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentBOULENGER 1887 synonymized Lophocalotes interruptus with Calotes Luedekingi. The holotype of Lophocalotes interruptus and Calotes ludenkingii is the same specimen and is deposited in BMNH (J. Hallermann, pers. comm.).

Type species: Lophocalotes interruptus GÜNTHER 1872 is the type species of the genus Lophocalotes GÜNTHER 1872.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed in honor of the Dutch physician E.W.A. Lüdeking a collector for the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden. 
References
  • ANANJEVA, Natalia B.; Xianguang GUO and Yuezhao WANG 2011. Taxonomic Diversity of Agamid Lizards (Reptilia, Sauria, Acrodonta, Agamidae) from China: A Comparative Analysis. Asian Herpetological Research 2 (3): 117-128 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bleeker, P. 1860. Reptilien van Agam. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, Batavia, 20: 325-329 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Note on some reptiles from Sumatra described by BLEEKER in 1860. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 152 - get paper here
  • de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
  • Hallermann, J.; Orlov, N. & Ananyeva, N. 2004. Notes on distribution and colour pattern of the rare agamid lizard Lophocalotes ludekingii (BLEEKER 1860) in Sumatra (Indonesia). Salamandra 40 (3-4): 303-306 - get paper here
  • Harvey, Michael B.; James Scrivani, Kyle Shaney, Amir Hamidy, Nia Kurniawan, and Eric N. Smith 2018. Sumatra's Endemic Crested Dragons (Agamidae: Lophocalotes): A New Species from the Bukit Barisan Range, Comments on Lophocalotes ludekingi, and Ecology. Herpetologica 74 (1): 73-88. - get paper here
  • Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp.
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here
  • Manthey,U. & SCHUSTER,N. 1999. Agamen, 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp. - get paper here
  • TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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