Harpesaurus Explained

Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Indonesia.

Each of the 6 species are known from at most only a few specimens.^{[1] [2]}

Geographic range

Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on the Greater Sunda Islands.

Habitat

The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.

Species

Six species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

!Species!Common Name!Range

Harpesaurus beccarii	Sumatra nose-horned lizard	Sumatra
Harpesaurus borneensis		Borneo
Harpesaurus brooksi		Sumatra
Harpesaurus ensicauda	Nias nose-horned lizard	Nias
Harpesaurus modiglianii ^[4]	Modigliani's nose-horned lizard	Sumatra
Harpesaurus tricinctus	Java nose-horned lizard	Likely Java

The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos is a synonym of H. borneensis.

The Sumatran species H. modiglianii was previously known only from the type specimen, collected in 1891, but was found again in 2018.

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Harpesaurus.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Harpesaurus, new genus, p. 279).

External links

• Rochmyaningih, Dyna (2020). "A nose-horned dragon lizard lost to science for over 100 years has been found". Science News, June 9, 2020.

Notes and References

1. Ineich . Ivan . Kopetsch . Thore . Böhme . Wolfgang . May 2022 . Pinocchio lizards and other lizards bearing rostral appendages − the peculiar habitus of the draconine agamid Harpesaurus tricinctus with highlights on its ecological implications and convergence with its New World equivalent, the dactyloid Anolis proboscis . Salamandra . 58 . 2 . 123-136 . ResearchGate.
2. Putra . Chairunas A. . Amarasinghe . A.A. Thasun . Research Center for Climate Change, Multidisciplinary Lab, FMIPA Building, 7th Floor, Kampus UI, University of Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia . Hikmatullah . Desy . Scali . Stefano . Brinkman . JanJaap . Manthey . Ulrich . Ineich . Ivan . 2020-05-21 . REDISCOVERY OF MODIGLIANI’S NOSE-HORNED LIZARD, Harpesaurus modiglianii VINCIGUERRA, 1933 (REPTILIA : AGAMIDAE) AFTER 129 YEARS WITHOUT ANY OBSERVATION . Taprobanica . 9 . 1 . 3–11 . 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216. free .
3. . www.reptile-database.org.
4. Putra . C.A. . Amarasinghe . A.A.T. . Hikmatullah . D. . Scali . S. . Brinkman . J. . Manthey . U. . Ineich . I. . May 2020 . Rediscovery of Modigliani's Nose-horned Lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 (Reptilia: Agamidae) After 129 Years Without Any Observation . dead . Taprobanica . 9 . 1 . 3–11 . 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216 . 229579341 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200611195023/http://file.taprobanica.org/2_harpesaurus_modiglianii_taprobanica_9_1_2020_3_11-43750-3349_561.pdf . 2020-06-11 . 2020-06-11.