Global InformationLeiolepis ngovantrii information
| Leiolepis ngovantrii | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Leiolepis |
| Species: | L. ngovantrii
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| Leiolepis ngovantrii Grismer & Grismer, 2010
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Leiolepis ngovantrii (Vietnamese: Nhông cát trinh sản, meaning "parthenogenic sand iguana") is a species of lizard that is all-female, reproducing clonally.[2][3][4] The species is named after Vietnamese herpetologist Ngo Van Tri (born 1969)[3][5] of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, and is believed to be related to two other Vietnamese lizard species, Leiolepis guttata and Leiolepis guentherpetersi.[6] This species is one of four unisexual Leiolepis agamospecies. However, the genus Leiolepis has five different bisexual species.[7] This unisexuality is possibly due to mutation and hybridization.[8]
- ^ Grismer, L. & Nguyen, N.S. 2018. Leiolepis ngovantrii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T99931318A99931327. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/99931318/99931327. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
- ^ Grismer, Jesse L.; Grismer, L. Lee [in French] (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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2433: 47–61. (Leiolepis ngovantrii, new species).
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
RDBwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nosowitz, Dan (November 9, 2010). "Scientists discover self-cloning lizard species on Vietnamese restaurant menu". Popular Science. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leiolepis ngovantrii, pp. 189-190).
- ^ "Scientists discover unknown lizard species at lunch buffet" (CNN, November 10, 2010).
- ^ Hartmann, Timo; Sothanin, Sovath; Handschuh, Markus; Bohme, Wolfgang (May 10, 2011). "THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THE RED-BANDED BUTTERFLYLIZARD, Leiolepis rubritaeniata MERTENS, 1961,WITH DISTRIBUTIONAL AND NATURAL HISTORY NOTES". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 19: 108.
- ^ Grismer, L. Lee; Grismer, Jesse L. "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" (PDF). Mapress.