Hypsilurus geelvinkianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Hypsilurus geelvinkianus (Peters & Doria, 1878)

Syntypes: MSNG 9588 (3 specimens), MSNG 29144 (7 specimens), ZMB 9729-30, and NMW 21050, collected by O. Beccari between 1872–1876.
Type locality: “Nova Guinea sept. (Insulae Mafor et Misori)” [=Islands Numfor and Biak, Papua Province, Indonesia].
Etymology: Named after Geelvink Bay [=Cenderawasih Bay].

Gonyocephalus (Arua) geelvinkianus Peters & Doria, 1878: 381 [original combination]
Gonyocephalus geelvinkianus — Boulenger, 1885: 294 [subsequent combination]
Gonocephalus geelvinkianus — Wermuth, 1957: 59 [subsequent combination]
Hypsilurus geelvinkianus — Moody, 1980: 300 [subsequent combination]

Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese (In Italian). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 323–450. BHL Reference page.

Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2006. A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the genus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with description of four new species and one new subspecies. Hamadryad 30(1/2): 1–40. Reference page.
Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2016. Melanesische Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Hypsilurus Peters, 1867–Teil 1: Arten von Neuguinea (In German). Sauria 38(3): 11–36. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Hypsilurus geelvinkianus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2020.
Oliver, P., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2015. IUCN: Hypsilurus geelvinkianus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T22528875A22528882. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22528875A22528882.en

English: New Guinea Forest Dragon