Hypsilurus Explained

Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.^[1]

Species

, Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:

• Hypsilurus auritus
• Hypsilurus binotatus – two-marked forest dragon
• Hypsilurus bruijnii – Bruijn's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus capreolatus
• Hypsilurus geelvinkianus – New Guinea forest dragon
• Hypsilurus godeffroyi – northern forest dragon
• Hypsilurus hikidanus – Hikida's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus longi – Long's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus macrolepis
• Hypsilurus magnus
• Hypsilurus modestus – modest forest dragon
• Hypsilurus nigrigularis
• Hypsilurus ornatus – Denzer's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus papuensis – Papua forest dragon
• Hypsilurus schoedei – Vogt's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi
• Hypsilurus spinosus
• Hypsilurus tenuicephalus

Three species previously assigned to the genus Hypsilurus have now been moved to the genus Lophosaurus:^[2]

• 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.

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).

Notes and References

1. Honda M, Ota H, Sengoku S, Yong HS, Hikida T. Molecular evaluation of phylogenetic significances in the highly divergent karyotypes of the genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from tropical Asia. 10.2108/zsj.19.129. Zoological Science. 19. 1. 129–133. 2002. 12025399. 2433/57213. 38549668.
2. Denzer. Wolfgang. species:Wolfgang Denzer. Manthey. Ulrich. species:Ulrich Manthey. Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 2016. 92. 103–110. 10.3897/zse.92.7469. free.