Hypsilurus ornatus

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 ornatus

Name

Hypsilurus ornatus Manthey & Denzer, 2006: 30

• Holotype: ZSM 122/1979, adult ♀, collected by T. Schultze-Westrum.
• Type locality: “Village Didessa, Mt. Bosavi (6°35’S 142°50’E), Southern Highlands Province; Papua New Guinea”.

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hypsilurus ornatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 July 2020.
• Oliver, P. & Tallowin, O. 2015. IUCN: Hypsilurus ornatus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T22529155A22529173. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22529155A22529173.en

Vernacular names

English: Denzer's Forest Dragon