Bronchocela hayeki

Bronchocela hayeki, also known commonly as the Sumatra bloodsucker, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology
B. hayeki is named after the Austrian-German painter Hans von Hayek, who spent many years in Indonesia and Ceylon during World War I.

Geographic range
B. hayeki is found in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of B. hayeki is forest, at altitudes of 300 –, but it has also been found in disturbed areas such as plantations, gardens, and villages with shrubs and trees.

Description
B. hayeki is bright green dorsally, and lighter green ventrally. The lips, the area around the eye, and the typanum (ear drum) are brownish black. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12 cm. Females are smaller, with a maximum recorded SVL of 9.4 cm. The tail is very long, as much as 41 cm.

Behavior
B. hayeki is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction
B. hayeki is oviparous.