{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = ''Bronchocela'' | image = Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella).jpg | image_caption = ''Bronchocela cristatella'' | taxon = Bronchocela | authority = Kaup, 1827<ref>"''Bronchocela'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.</ref> }}
'''''Bronchocela''''' is a genus of Asian lizards, commonly known as '''bloodsuckers''', '''crested lizards''', and '''forest lizards''', in the family Agamidae.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Bronchocela|accessdate=16 November 2013}}</ref>
==Species== There are 15 species in the genus ''Bronchocela'':<ref name=RDB/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px ||''Bronchocela burmana'' {{small|Blanford, 1878}} – Burmese green crested lizard|| Malay Peninsula to southern Myanmar and Thailand. |- | ||''Bronchocela celebensis'' {{small|Gray, 1845}} – Sulawesi bloodsucker|| Indonesia |- |120px ||''Bronchocela cristatella'' {{small|(Kuhl, 1820)}} – green crested lizard|| Malaysia (West Malaysia and Borneo), Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon), South Thailand, and south Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills). |- | ||''Bronchocela cyanopalpebra'' {{small|Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023}} || India (Nicobar Islands) |- |120px ||''Bronchocela danieli'' {{small|(Tiwari & Biswas, 1973)}} – Daniel's bloodsucker, Daniel's forest lizard || Great Nicobar Island, India. |- | ||''Bronchocela hayeki'' {{small|(L. Müller, 1928)}} – Sumatra bloodsucker||Indonesia |- |120px ||''Bronchocela jubata'' {{small|A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837}} – maned forest lizard||Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines |- |120px ||''Bronchocela marmorata'' {{small|Gray, 1845}} – marbled bloodsucker||Philippines |- | ||''Bronchocela nicobarica'' {{small|Chandramouli, Adhikari, Amarasinghe & Abinawanto, 2023}} || India (Nicobar Islands) |- | ||''Bronchocela orlovi'' {{small|Hallermann, 2004}} – Orlov's forest lizard|| Vietnam |- |120px ||''Bronchocela rayaensis'' {{small|Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015}} – Gunung Raya green crested lizard|| Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand |- | ||''Bronchocela rubrigularis'' {{small|Hallermann, 2009}}|| Nicobar Islands |- | ||''Bronchocela shenlong'' {{small|Grismer, Wood, Lee, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi & Sites, 2015}}||Malaysia |- | ||''Bronchocela smaragdina'' {{small|Günther, 1864}} – Günther's bloodsucker ||Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam |- | ||''Bronchocela vietnamensis'' {{small|Hallermann & Orlov, 2005}}|| Vietnam |- |}
''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Bronchocela''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Kaup J (1827). "''Zoologische Monographien'' ". ''Isis von Oken'' '''20''': 610–625. (''Bronchocela'', new genus, p. 619). (in German).
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Category:Bronchocela Category:Reptiles of Asia Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup Category:Lizard genera
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