Hypsilurus

Hypsilurus auritus

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Hypsilurus
Species (18): H. auritus – H. binotatus – H. bruijnii – H. capreolatus – H. geelvinkianus – H. godeffroyi – H. hikidanus – H. longi – H. macrolepis – H. magnus – H. modestus – H. nigrigularis – H. ornatus – H. papuensis – H. schoedei – H. schultzewestrumi – H. spinosus – H. tenuicephalus

Name

Hypsilurus Peters, 1867: 707

• Type species: Lophura (Hypsilurus) godeffroyi Peters, 1867, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Arua Doria, 1874: 345
  • Type species: Gonyocephalus (Arua) inornatus Doria, 1874, by monotypy.
• Lophosteus Peters & Doria, 1878: 377
  • Type species: Gonyocephalus (Lophosteus) albertisii Peters & Doria, 1878, by monotypy.
• Diptychodera Boettger, 1893: 45
  • Type species: Diptychodera lobata Boettger, 1893, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1867. Über Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narirostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla poylepis, Pseudechis scutellatus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 703–712. BHL

Additional references

• 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. 
• Denzer, W. & Manthey, U. 2016. Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(1): 103–110. DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.7469 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. 
• Tallowin, O.J.S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S.C., Richards, S.J., Austin, C.C. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(1): 99–113. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz125 Reference page. 
• Denzer, W., Hallermann, J., Manthey, U. & Ohler, A. 2020. Lophyrus spinosus C. Duméril & A. Duméril, 1851, a case of mistaken identity. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 45–52. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.4.49023 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hypsilurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 July 2020.
• Hypsilurus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Melanesian Forest Dragons

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