Hypsilurus
| Hypsilurus | |
|---|---|
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| Hypsilurus boydii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Amphibolurinae |
| Genus: | Hypsilurus W. Peters, 1867[1] |
Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal agamid lizards from Melanesia and eastern Australia.[2]
Species
As of 2013, Hypsilurus contains the following 20 species:[3]
- Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)
- Hypsilurus binotatus (Meyer, 1874) – two-marked forest dragon
- Hypsilurus boydii (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus bruijnii (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) – Bruijni forest dragon
- Hypsilurus capreolatus Kraus & S. Myers, 2012
- Hypsilurus dilophus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon
- Hypsilurus geelvinkianus (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) – New Guinea forest dragon
- Hypsilurus godeffroyi (W. Peters, 1867) – northern forest dragon
- Hypsilurus hikidanus Manthey & Denzer, 2006 – Hikida's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus longi (Macleay, 1877) – Long's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus macrolepis W. Peters, 1872
- Hypsilurus magnus Manthey & Denzer, 2006
- Hypsilurus modestus (Meyer, 1874) – modest forest dragon
- Hypsilurus nigrigularis (Meyer, 1874)
- Hypsilurus ornatus Manthey & Denzer, 2006 – Denzer's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus papuensis (Macleay, 1877) – Papua forest dragon
- Hypsilurus schoedei (T. Vogt, 1932) – Vogt's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi (Urban, 1999)
- Hypsilurus spinipes (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – southern forest dragon, southern angle-headed dragon
- Hypsilurus tenuicephalus Mathey & Denzer, 2006
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hypsilurus.
References
- ↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Sengoku, S.; Yong, H. S.; Hikida, T. (2002). "Molecular Evaluation of Phylogenetic Significances in the Highly Divergent Karyotypes of the Genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Tropical Asia". Zoological Science 19 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2108/zsj.19.129. PMID 12025399.
- ↑ Hypsilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Peters W. 1867. "Über Flederthiere ... und Amphibien ( Hypsilurus ... )". Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 703-712. (Hypsilurus, new subgenus, pp. 707-708). (in German).
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