Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.[2]
Species
As of 2020, Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:[3]
- Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)
- Hypsilurus binotatus (Meyer, 1874) – two-marked forest dragon
- Hypsilurus bruijnii (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) – Bruijn's forest dragon
- Hypsilurus capreolatus Kraus & S. Myers, 2012
- 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 spinosus (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
- Hypsilurus tenuicephalus Mathey & Denzer, 2006
Three species previously assigned to the genus Hypsilurus have now been moved to the genus Lophosaurus:[4]
- 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
- ^ "Hypsilurus W. C. H. Peters, 1867". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Honda M, Ota H, Sengoku S, Yong HS, Hikida T (2002). "Molecular evaluation of phylogenetic significances in the highly divergent karyotypes of the genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from tropical Asia" (PDF). Zoological Science. 19 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2108/zsj.19.129. hdl:2433/57213. PMID 12025399. S2CID 38549668.
- ^ Hypsilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 September 2013.
- ^ Denzer, Wolfgang; Manthey, Ulrich (2016). "Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 92: 103–110. doi:10.3897/zse.92.7469.
Further reading
- 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).