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Taxonomy of the genus Leiolepis Biodiversity of the family Agamidae

Bibliography of the genus
Leiolepis (Butterfly Agamas)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Leiolepis in general

Ananjeva, N.B.; Dujsebayeva, T.N.; Joger, U. 2001. Morphological study of the squamate integument: more evidence for the metataxon status of Leiolepidinae. Journal of Herpetology 35(3): 507-510.

Böhme, W. 2003. Zur Kenntnis aggressiver Auseinandersetzungen - frei lebender Schmetterlingsagamen (Gattung Leiolepis Cuvier), mit einer bei Wirbeltieren bisher unbekannten Lokomotionsform. Draco 4(2) (14): 34-39.

Darevsky, I.S.; Kupriyanova, L. 1993. Two new all-female lizard species of the genus Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from Thailand and Vietnam (Squamata: Sauria: Uromastycinae). Herpetozoa 6(1-2): 3-20.

Grismer, J.L.; Bauer, A.M.; Grismer, L.L.; Thirakhupt, K.; Aowphol, A.; Oaks, J.R.; Wood, P.L.; Chan, K.O.; Neang, T.; Cota, M.; Jackman, T.R. 2014. Multiple origins of parthenogenesis, and a revised species phylogeny for the Southeast Asian Butterfly Lizards, Leiolepis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113(4): 1080-1093.

Grismer, J.L.; 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.

Hartmann, T.; Geissler, P.; Böhme, W. 2011. Leiolepis (Squamata: Agamidae) farming in southern Vietnam and a new size record in butterfly lizards. Herpetological Bulletin 117: 15-18.

Malysheva, D.N.; Darevsky, I.S.; Tokarskaya, O.N.; Petrosyan, V.G.; Martirosyan, I.A.; Ryskov, A.P. 2006. Analysis of genetic variation in unisexual and bisexual lizard species of the genus Leiolepis from Southeast Asia. Russian Journal of Genetics 42(5): 463-467.

Mertens, R. 1961. Die Rassen der Schmetterlingsagame, Leiolepis belliana. Senckenbergiana Biologica 42(5-6): 507-510.

Peters, G. 1971. Die intragenerischen Gruppen und die Phylogenese der Schmetterlingsagamen (Agamidae: Leiolepis). Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 98: 11-130.

Walls, J.G. 1996. Uromastyx & butterfly agamids. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 65 pp.

Weitkus, S. 1999. Untersuchungen zur Systematik, Ethologie und Ökologie südostasiatischer Schmetterlingsagamen (Sauria: Agamidae: Leiolepis). M.Sc. thesis, University of Bonn.

Ziegler, T. 1999. A Vietnamese trapping technique for capturing butterfly lizards (Leiolepis). Herpetological Review 30(3): 153-154.

Leiolepis belliana

Böhme, W. 1982. Über Schmetterlingsagamen, Leiolepis b. belliana (Gray, 1827) der Malayischen Halbinsel und ihre parthenogenetischen Linien (Sauria: Uromastycidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere) 109(2): 157-169.

Cooper, W.E. 2003. Food chemical discrimination by the omnivorous lizard Leiolepis belliana. Journal of Herpetology 37(1): 189-190.

Gairdner, K.G. 1915. Notes on the fauna and flora of Ratburi and Petchaburi districts (Part II). Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 1(3): 131-156.

Goldberg, S.R.; Grismer, L.L. 2015. Notes on reproduction of the Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis belliana (Squamata: Agamidae) from South-east Asia. Hamadryad 37(1-2): 113-115.

Grismer, L.L.; Neang, T.; Chav, T.; Wood, P.L.; Oaks, J.R.; Holden, J.; Grismer, J.L.; Szutz, T.R.; Youmans, T.M. 2008. Additional amphibians and reptiles from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, with comments on their taxonomy and the discovery of three new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 161-175.

Krishnasamy, M.; Ambu, S.; Inder, S.K.; Lee, H.L.; Jeffrey, J. 2003. A preliminary study of the Sand Lizard (Agamidae) Leiolepis belliana belliana Gray, 1827 from the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine 20(1): 99-101.

Kritpetcharat, O.; Kritpetcharat, C.; Luangpirom, A.; Watcharanon, P. 1999. Karyotype of four Agamidae species from the Phu Phan National Park in Thailand. Science Asia 25(4): 185-188.

Krysko, K.L.; Enge, K.M. 2005. A new non-native lizard in Florida, the butterfly lizard, Leiolepis belliana (Sauria: Agamidae). Florida Scientist 68(4): 247-249.

Kupriyanova, L.A. 1984. [Karyotypes of three species of the agamid lizards]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 124: 115-118.

Losos, J.B.; Papenfuss, T.J.; Macey, J.R. 1989. Correlates of sprinting, jumping and parachuting performance in the butterfly lizard, Leiolepis belliani. Journal of Zoology (London) 217(4): 559-568.

Ngo, D.C. 1994. [Morphological descriptions of the butterfly lizard Leiolepis belliana (Gray) in south Thua Thien - Hue Province]. (In Vietnamese, English summary). Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 16(1)(3): 39-43.

Ngo, D.C.; Dang, C.V. 1986. [Some data about ecological and biological parculiarities[sic] of two subspecies Leiolepis belliana belliana Gray and Leiolepis belliana guttata Cuvier (Agamidae, Reptilia) in some region in Binhtrithien Province]. (In Vietnamese, English summary). Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 8(2): 34-37, 40.

Ngo, D.C.; Le, D.T. 1992. [Some population characteristics of the butterfly lizaed [sic] Leiolepis belliana belliana (Gray) in Thuanan (Thuathien - Hue Province - Vietnam)]. (In Vietnamese, English summary). Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 14(1): 22-26, 48.

Ngo, D.C.; Tran, K. 1990. [Some population characteristics of the butterfly lizard Leiolepis belliana belliana (Gray) in Thuanan (Thuathien-Hue Vietnam)]. (In Vietnamese, English summary). Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 12(4): 13-16.

Pinheiro, M. 1994. Resultados das missoes de estudo realizadas em Macau pelo Centro de Zoologia do IICT. 2 - Ilha de Coloane (Macau): localidade nova para Leiolepis belliana Gray (Reptilia, Agamidae). Garcia de Orta Serie de Zoologia 20(1-2): 31-32.

Rong, S.; Luo, Q.; Dai, S. 1987. [The karyotypes of Leiolepis belliana belliana]. (In Chinese). Zoological Research 8(2): 164.

Srikulnath, K.; Matsubara, K.; Uno, Y.; Thongpan, A.; Suputtitada, S.; Nishida, C.; Matsuda, Y.; Apisitwanich, S. 2010. Genetic relationship of three butterfly lizard species (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Leiolepis belliana belliana, Leiolepis boehmei, Agamidae, Squamata) inferred from nuclear gene sequence analyses. Kasetsart Journal Natural Sciences 44(3): 424-435.

Leiolepis boehmei

Aranyavalai, V.; Thirakhupt, K.; Pariyanonth, P.; Chulalaksananukul, W. 2004. Karyotype and unisexuality of Leiolepis boehmei Darevsky and Kupriyanova, 1993 (Sauria: Agamidae) from southern Thailand. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 4(1): 15-19.

Darevsky, I.S.; Kupriyanova, L. 1993. Two new all-female lizard species of the genus Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from Thailand and Vietnam (Squamata: Sauria: Uromastycinae). Herpetozoa 6(1-2): 3-20.

Srikulnath, K.; Matsubara, K.; Uno, Y.; Thongpan, A.; Suputtitada, S.; Nishida, C.; Matsuda, Y.; Apisitwanich, S. 2010. Genetic relationship of three butterfly lizard species (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Leiolepis belliana belliana, Leiolepis boehmei, Agamidae, Squamata) inferred from nuclear gene sequence analyses. Kasetsart Journal Natural Sciences 44(3): 424-435.

Leiolepis guentherpetersi

Darevsky, I.S.; Kupriyanova, L. 1993. Two new all-female lizard species of the genus Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from Thailand and Vietnam (Squamata: Sauria: Uromastycinae). Herpetozoa 6(1-2): 3-20.

Malysheva, D.N.; Darevsky, I.S.; Tokarskaya, O.N.; Petrosyan, V.G.; Martirosyan, I.A.; Ryskov, A.P. 2006. Analysis of genetic variation in unisexual and bisexual lizard species of the genus Leiolepis from Southeast Asia. Russian Journal of Genetics 42(5): 463-467.

Schmitz, A.; Vences, M.; Weitkus, S.; Ziegler, T.; Böhme, W. 2001. Recent maternal divergence of the parthenogenetic lizard Leiolepis guentherpetersi from L. guttata: molecular evidence (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 51(2): 355-360.

Leiolepis guttata

Geissler, P.; Krohn, A.R.; Rennert, D. 2011. Herpetofaunal records in coastal dune areas, Binh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam, with the rediscovery of Oligodon macrurus Angel, 1927. Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(4): 317-324.

Goldberg, S.R.; Grismer, L.L. 2014. Natural history notes: Leiolepis guttata (Spotted Butterfly Lizard). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 45(1): 130.

Hartmann, T.; Geissler, P.; Böhme, W. 2011. Leiolepis (Squamata: Agamidae) farming in southern Vietnam and a new size record in butterfly lizards. Herpetological Bulletin 117: 15-18.

Ngo, D.C. 1994. [Morphological descriptions of the butterfly lizard Leiolepis belliana (Gray) in south Thua Thien - Hue Province]. (In Vietnamese, English summary). Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 16(1)(3): 39-43.

Ngo, D.C.; Dang, C.V. 1986. [Some data about ecological and biological parculiarities[sic] of two subspecies Leiolepis belliana belliana Gray and Leiolepis belliana guttata Cuvier (Agamidae, Reptilia) in some region in Binhtrithien Province]. (In Vietnamese, English summary). Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 8(2): 34-37, 40.

Rochette, A.J.; Tran, A.J.T.; Martynoff, A. de; Malaisse, F.; Thewis, A. 2015. Commercial farming of Leiolepis guttata in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam: implications for conservation and management. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10(1): 216-234.

Schlüter, U. 2003. Im Porträt: die Vietnamesische Schmetterlingsagame (Leiolepis guttata Cuvier, 1829). Draco 4(2) (14): 40-41.

Schmitz, A.; Vences, M.; Weitkus, S.; Ziegler, T.; Böhme, W. 2001. Recent maternal divergence of the parthenogenetic lizard Leiolepis guentherpetersi from L. guttata: molecular evidence (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 51(2): 355-360.

Leiolepis ngovantrii

Grismer, J.L.; 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.

Leiolepis ocellata

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Chimsunchart, C. 2007. Die Augenfleck-Schmetterlingsagame Leiolepis ocellata Peters, 1971 in Thailand. Elaphe 15(1): 60-62.

Leiolepis reevesii

Darevsky, I.S.; Nguyen, V.S. 2004. Geographic distribution: Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata. Herpetological Review 35(3): 288.

Du, Y.; Lin, C.X.; Lin, L.H.; Qiu, Q.B.; Ji, X. 2011. Ontogenic shifts in sexual dimorphism and female reproduction in the Reeve's butterfly lizard Leiolepis reevesii from Hainan, China. Journal of Herpetology 45(4): 399-405.

Lin, C.X.; Du, Y.; Qiu, Q.B.; Ji, X. 2007. Relatively high but narrow incubation temperatures in lizards depositing eggs in warm and thermally stable nests. Acta Zoologica Sinica 53(3): 437-445.

Lin, C.X.; Qiu, Q.B.; Lin, L.H.; Ji, X. 2004. [Sexual dimorphism and reproductive output in Reevese's butterfly lizards, Leiolepis reevesii]. (In Chinese, English summary). Zoological Research 25(6): 477-483.

Lin, L.H.; Ji, X.; Diong, C.H.; Du, Y.; Lin, C.X. 2010. Phylogeography and population structure of the Reevese's Butterfly Lizard (Leiolepis reevesii) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(2): 601-607.

Malysheva, D.N.; Darevsky, I.S.; Tokarskaya, O.N.; Petrosyan, V.G.; Martirosyan, I.A.; Ryskov, A.P. 2006. Analysis of genetic variation in unisexual and bisexual lizard species of the genus Leiolepis from Southeast Asia. Russian Journal of Genetics 42(5): 463-467.

Wang, L.; Yu, F.J.; Hong, M.L.; Wu, S.; Chen, Xu. 2005. [Diurnal behavioral time budget and activity rhythm of Reevese's butterfly lizard under artificial breeding condition]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 24(1): 9-13.

Leiolepis rubritaeniata

Borisov, I.V. 2010. [Captive care and breeding of Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata Mertens, 1961 in a terrarium]. (In Russian). Sovremennaya Gerpetologiya 10(3-4): 132-137.

Hartmann, T.; Sothanin, S.; Handschuh, M.; Böhme, W. 2012. The taxonomic status of the Red-banded Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis rubritaeniata Mertens, 1961, with distributional and natural history notes. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(2): 108-114.

Krysko, K.L.; Enge, K.M.; MacKenzie-Krysko, C.A. 2013. The Red-Banded Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis rubritaeniata Mertens 1961 (Sauria: Leiolepididae), a newly documented nonindigenous species in Florida. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 20(4): 197–198.

Manthey, U.; Manthey, S. 2017. Amphibien und Reptilien von Laos – ein Reisebericht Teil 3: Die Provinz Champasak im Süden (März 2006). Sauria (Berlin) 39(4): 3-18.

Satrawaha, R. 1984. Some ecological aspects of an agamid lizard Leiolepsis belliana rubritaeniata (Mertens). Biotrop Special Publication 21: 77-85.

Srikulnath, K.; Matsubara, K.; Uno, Y.; Thongpan, A.; Suputtitada, S.; Apisitwanich, S.; Matsuda, Y.; Nishida, C. 2009. Karyological characterization of the butterfly lizard (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Agamidae, Squamata) by molecular cytogenetic approach. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 125(3): 213-223.

Srikulnath, K.; Matsubara, K.; Uno, Y.; Thongpan, A.; Suputtitada, S.; Nishida, C.; Matsuda, Y.; Apisitwanich, S. 2010. Genetic relationship of three butterfly lizard species (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Leiolepis belliana belliana, Leiolepis boehmei, Agamidae, Squamata) inferred from nuclear gene sequence analyses. Kasetsart Journal Natural Sciences 44(3): 424-435.

Srikulnath, K.; Nishida, C.; Matsubara, K.; Uno, Y.; Thongpan, A.; Suputtitada, S.; Apisitwanich, S.; Matsuda, Y. 2009. Karyotypic evolution in squamate reptiles: comparative gene mapping revealed highly conserved linkage homology between the butterfly lizard (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Agamidae, Lacertilia) and the Japanese Four-striped Rat Snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata, Colubridae, Serpentes). Chromosome Research 17(8): 975-986.

Leiolepis triploida

Grismer, L.L.; Anuar, S.; Wood, P.L.; Muin, M.A.; Nurolhuda, N. 2008. Geographic distribution: Leiolepis triploida (Malaysian Butterfly Lizard). Herpetological Review 39(2): 238-239.