Genus of lizards
Hypsilurus genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae . The genus is endemic to Melanesia .[ 2]
Species
As of 2020[update] Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species :[ 3]
Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer , 1874) Hypsilurus binotatus (Meyer, 1874) – two-marked forest dragonHypsilurus bruijnii (W. Peters & Doria , 1878) – Bruijn's forest dragonHypsilurus capreolatus Kraus & S. Myers , 2012Hypsilurus geelvinkianus (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) – New Guinea forest dragonHypsilurus godeffroyi (W. Peters, 1867) – northern forest dragonHypsilurus hikidanus Manthey & Denzer , 2006Hypsilurus longi (Macleay , 1877) – Long's forest dragonHypsilurus macrolepis W. Peters, 1872 Hypsilurus magnus Manthey & Denzer, 2006 Hypsilurus modestus (Meyer, 1874) – modest forest dragonHypsilurus nigrigularis (Meyer, 1874) Hypsilurus ornatus Manthey & Denzer, 2006 – Denzer's forest dragonHypsilurus papuensis (Macleay, 1877) – Papua forest dragonHypsilurus schoedei (T. Vogt , 1932) – Vogt's forest dragonHypsilurus 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]
Nota bene 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 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 ).
