Lophocalotes ludekingi, called commonly the crested lizard, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Draconinae of the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.Lophocalotes ludekingi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, ludekingi, is in honor of Dutch physician E.W.A. Ludeking, who collected specimens for the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lophocalotes ludekingi, p. 162).
Description Dorsally, Lophocalotes ludekingi is green, with darker crossbands. It may have some irregular red markings on the head.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Lophocalotes ludekingi is forest, at altitudes of .
Behavior Lophocalotes ludekingi is arboreal and diurnal.
Reproduction Lophocalotes ludekingi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Bleeker P (1860). "Reptiliën van Agam ". Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 20: 325–329. (Calotes ludekingi, new species, pp. 326–327). (in Dutch). Boulenger GA (1887). "Note on some Reptiles from Sumatra described by Bleeker in 1860". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 20: 152. ("Lophocalotes Luedekingii [sic]", new combination). Günther A (1872). "On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 586–600 + Plates XXXV–XL. (Lophocalotes interruptus, new species, pp. 593–594 + Plate XXXVII, figure A). Hallerman J, Orlov N, Ananjeva 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. de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Lophocalotes ludekingi, pp. 116–117, Figure 51).