Hypsilurus
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Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.<ref name=Honda>Template:Cite journal</ref>
SpeciesEdit
Template:Asof, Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref>
- Hypsilurus auritus Template:Small
- Hypsilurus binotatus Template:Small – two-marked forest dragon
- Hypsilurus bruijnii Template:Small – Bruijn's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus capreolatus Template:Small
- Hypsilurus geelvinkianus Template:Small – New Guinea forest dragon
- Hypsilurus godeffroyi Template:Small – northern forest dragon
- Hypsilurus hikidanus Template:Small – Hikida's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus longi Template:Small – Long's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus macrolepis Template:Small
- Hypsilurus magnus Template:Small
- Hypsilurus modestus Template:Small – modest forest dragon
- Hypsilurus nigrigularis Template:Small
- Hypsilurus ornatus Template:Small – Denzer's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus papuensis Template:Small – Papua forest dragon
- Hypsilurus schoedei Template:Small – Vogt's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi Template:Small
- Hypsilurus spinosus Template:Small
- Hypsilurus tenuicephalus Template:Small
Three species previously assigned to the genus Hypsilurus have now been moved to the genus Lophosaurus:<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- 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.
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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).