Harpesaurus beccarii

Harpesaurus beccarii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Harpesaurus
Species:	H. beccarii
Binomial name
Harpesaurus beccarii Doria, 1888

Harpesaurus beccarii, also known commonly as the Sumatra nose-horned lizard or the Sumatran nose-horned lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.[2]

Description

H. beccarii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 8.6 cm (3.4 in) (not including the rostral appendage), and a tail length of 16.4 cm (6.5 in). The rostral appendage, which measures 1 cm (0.39 in), is double, consisting of a longer anterior "horn" and a shorter posterior "horn". The body is bluish green dorsally.[3]

Reproduction

H. beccarii is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Harpesaurus beccarii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Harpesaurus beccarii, p. 21).
3. de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E. J. Brill Ltd. xiv + 384 pp. (Harpesaurus beccarii, pp. 97–98, Figure 49).

Further reading

• Böhme W (1989). "Rediscovery of the Sumatran agamid lizard Harpesaurus beccarii Doria 1888, with the first notes on a live specimen". Tropical Zoology 2: 31–35.
• Doria G (1888). "Note erpetologiche. I. Alcuni nuovi sauri raccolti in Sumatra dal D.re O. Beccari ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 6: 646–652 + Plate VIII. (Harpesaurus beccarii, new species, pp. 646–648 + Plate VIII, figure 2). (in Italian).
• Manthey U (1990). "Das Portrait: Harpesaurus beccarii Doria ". Sauria 12 (3): 1–2. (in German).