NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Ngo Van Tri’s Lady Butterfly Lizard
Leiolepis ngovantrii Grismer & Grismer, 2010
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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. This species is one of four unisexual Leiolepis species. However, the genus Leiolepis also has five bisexual species. This unisexuality is possibly due to mutation and hybridization.
Wikipedia contributors, Leiolepis ngovantrii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:23:26.768069+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leiolepis ngovantrii Grismer & Grismer, 2010
- Name authority
- Grismer & Grismer, 2010
- Common name
- Ngo Van Tri’s Lady Butterfly Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Leiolepis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- genusLeiolepis
- speciesLeiolepis ngovantrii Grismer & Grismer, 2010
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leiolepis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| (BeautyLeiolepis belliana (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Böhme’s Butterfly LizardLeiolepis boehmei Darevsky & Kupriyanova, 1993 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Butterfly LizardLeiolepis guttata Cuvier, 1829 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reeves' Butterfly LizardLeiolepis rubritaeniata Mertens, 1961 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malaysian Butterfly LizardLeiolepis triploida Peters, 1971 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Khorat Plateau Butterfly LizardLeiolepis glaurung Wanchai, Rujirawan, Murdoch, Aksornneam, Promnun, Kaatz, Gregory, Nguyen, Van Iderstein, Quah, Grismer, Grismer & Aowphol, 2024 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burmese Butterfly LizardLeiolepis peguensis Peters, 1971 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reeves' Butterfly LizardLeiolepis reevesii (Gray, 1831) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Leiolepis&species=ngovantrii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3SYQH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.