Hypsilurus
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Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.[1]
Species
As of 2020[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:[2]
- Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsilurus binotatus (Meyer, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – two-marked forest dragon
- Hypsilurus bruijnii (W. Peters & Doria, 1878)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bruijn's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus capreolatus Kraus & S. Myers, 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsilurus geelvinkianus (W. Peters & Doria, 1878)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – New Guinea forest dragon
- Hypsilurus godeffroyi (W. Peters, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern forest dragon
- Hypsilurus hikidanus Manthey & Denzer, 2006Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Hikida's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus longi (Macleay, 1877)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Long's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus macrolepis W. Peters, 1872Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsilurus magnus Manthey & Denzer, 2006Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsilurus modestus (Meyer, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – modest forest dragon
- Hypsilurus nigrigularis (Meyer, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsilurus ornatus Manthey & Denzer, 2006Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Denzer's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus papuensis (Macleay, 1877)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Papua forest dragon
- Hypsilurus schoedei (T. Vogt, 1932)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Vogt's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi (Urban, 1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsilurus spinosus (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsilurus tenuicephalus Mathey & Denzer, 2006Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Three species previously assigned to the genus Hypsilurus have now been moved to the genus Lophosaurus:[3]
- Hypsilurus boydii (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus dilophus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon
- Hypsilurus spinipes (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – southern forest dragon, southern angle-headed dragon
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hypsilurus.
References
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- ↑ Hypsilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 September 2013.
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Further reading
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- Manthey U, Denzer W (2016). "Melanesian anglehead lizards of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 – Part 1: Species from New Guinea". Sauria 38 (3): 11–36.
- 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).