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Ngo Van Tri’s Lady Butterfly Lizard

Leiolepis ngovantrii

Classification

Family
Agamidae

Leiolepis ngovantrii (Vietnamese: Nhông cát trinh sản, meaning "parthenogenic sand iguana") is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is all-female, reproducing clonally. The species is named after Vietnamese herpetologist Ngo Van Tri (born 1969) of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, and is believed to be closely related to two other Vietnamese lizard species, Leiolepis guttata and Leiolepis guentherpetersi.

Distribution

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