Lophosaurus Explained

Lophosaurus is a genus of arboreal agamid lizards from Australia and Melanesia.^[1]

Species

, Lophosaurus contains the following 3 species:^[2]

• Lophosaurus boydii (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon
• Lophosaurus dilophus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon
• Lophosaurus 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 Lophosaurus.

Further reading

• 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. . species:Masanao Honda. Ota . H. . species:Hidetoshi Ota. Sengoku . S. . species:Showichi Sengoku. Yong . H.-S. . species:Hoi-Sen Yong. Hikida . T. . species:Tsutomu Hikida. amp . 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. 2241/104127 . 38549668 . free .
2. Denzer . Wolfgang . species:Wolfgang Denzer. Manthey . Ulrich . species:Ulrich Manthwy. amp . 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 .