Hypsilurus capreolatus

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: Hypsilurus capreolatus

Name

• Hypsilurus capreolatus Kraus & Myers, 2012: 396.

Holotype: BPBM 23413 (field no. FK 11409), adult ♀, obtained by native collectors, on 13 May 2005.

Type locality: Parkop, 3.42457° S, 142.51866° E, 420 m a.s.l. (GPS datum AUS 66), Torricelli Mts., Sandaun (formerly West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea.

Paratypes: (n = 28) East Sepik & Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

• • MCZ R-152896, adult ♂, Bainyik, East Sepik Province.
  • BPBM 23420, adult ♂, Torricelli Mts.: 3.2 km SSE Mt. Sapau summit, 3.39329° S, 142.52826° E, 550 m a.s.l., Sandaun Province.
  • BPBM 23414, 23417–19, subadult ♂♂, Torricelli Mts.: Parkop, 3.42457° S, 142.51866° E, 420 m a.s.l., Sandaun Province.
  • PNGNM 25172, subadult ♂, 3.2 km SSE Mt. Sapau summit, 3.39329° S, 142.52826° E, 550 m a.s.l., Sandaun Province.
  • BPBM 35621, subadult ♂, Prince Alexander Mts.: Joromba, 3.5792833° S, 143.5005° E, 87 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province.
  • BPBM 35622, subadult ♂, along Joromba River, 3.57885° S, 143.50033° E, 230 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province.
  • BPBM 35623–24, subadult ♂♂, Herimuri, 3.5889166° S, 143.501233° E, 67 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province.
  • MCZ R-152897, adult ♀, Bainyik, East Sepik Province.
  • BPBM 23415, subadult ♀, Torricelli Mts.: Parkop, 3.42457° S, 142.51866° E, 420 m a.s.l., Sandaun Province.
  • BPBM 34751, 35631, subadult ♀♀, Prince Alexander Mts.: Nioguangia, 3.5554° S, 143.538133° E, 12 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province.
  • BPBM 23412, 23416, PNGNM 25171, Torricelli Mts.: Parkop, 3.42457° S, 142.51866° E, 420 m a.s.l., Sandaun Province.
  • BPBM 35625–30, 35632–35, Prince Alexander Mts.: Nioguangia, 3.5554° S, 143.538133° E, 12 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province.

References

• Kraus, Fred & Shepherd Myers, 2012: New Species of Hypsilurus (Squamata: Agamidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of herpetology, 46(3): 396–401. DOI: 10.1670/11-159.