Bronchocela danieli, also known commonly as Daniel's bloodsucker and Daniel's forest lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar Island, India.
Etymology The specific name, danieli, is in honor of Indian naturalist Jivanayakam Cyril "J.C." Daniel.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Bronchocela danieli, p. 65).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of B. danieli is forest.
Behavior B. danieli is arboreal.
Reproduction (babies) B. danieli is oviparous.
They are colour changing according to their surroundings.
References
Further reading Biswas S (1984). "Some notes on the reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81 (2): 476–481. Das I (1999). "Biogeography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". pp. 43–77. In: Ota H (editor) (1999). Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 353 pp. . Murthy TSN (1990). "A Field Book of the Lizards of India". Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Papers (15): 1–122. Sharma RC (2002). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Reptilia (Sauria). Kolkata [=Calcutta]: Zoological Survey of India. Tikader BK, Sharma RC (1992). Handbook of Indian Lizards. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India. Tiwari KK, Biswas S (1973). "Two new reptiles from the great Nicobar Islands". Journal of the Zoological Society of India 25: 57–63. (Calotes danieli, new species).
External links Photos from Nicobar and Andaman Islands