Harpesaurus

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Harpesaurus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Harpesaurus
Boulenger, 1885 [1]

Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Indonesia. [2]

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Each of the 6 species are known from at most only a few specimens. [3] [4]

Geographic range

Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on the Greater Sunda Islands. [3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.[ citation needed ]

Species

Six species are recognized as being valid. [2]

SpeciesCommon nameRange
Harpesaurus beccarii

Doria, 1888

Sumatra nose-horned lizard Sumatra
Harpesaurus borneensis

(Mertens, 1924)

 Borneo
Harpesaurus brooksi

(Parker, 1924)

Sumatra
Harpesaurus ensicauda

F. Werner, 1913

Nias nose-horned lizard Nias
Harpesaurus modiglianii

Vinciguerra, 1933 [5]

Modigliani's nose-horned lizardSumatra
Harpesaurus tricinctus

(A.H.A. Duméril in A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)

Java nose-horned lizardLikely Java

The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos King, 1978 is a synonym of H. borneensis.

The Sumatran species H. modiglianii was previously known only from the type specimen, collected in 1891, but was found again in 2018. [5]

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Harpesaurus.

References

  1. ↑ "Harpesaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
  2. 1 2 Genus Harpesaurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 Ineich, Ivan; Kopetsch, Thore; Böhme, Wolfgang (May 2022). "Pinocchio lizards and other lizards bearing rostral appendages − the peculiar habitus of the draconine agamid Harpesaurus tricinctus with highlights on its ecological implications and convergence with its New World equivalent, the dactyloid Anolis proboscis". Salamandra. 58 (2): 123–136 – via ResearchGate.
  4. ↑ Putra, Chairunas A.; Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun; Research Center for Climate Change, Multidisciplinary Lab, FMIPA Building, 7th Floor, Kampus UI, University of Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia; Hikmatullah, Desy; Scali, Stefano; Brinkman, JanJaap; Manthey, Ulrich; Ineich, Ivan (2020-05-21). "REDISCOVERY OF MODIGLIANI'S NOSE-HORNED LIZARD, Harpesaurus modiglianii VINCIGUERRA, 1933 (REPTILIA : AGAMIDAE) AFTER 129 YEARS WITHOUT ANY OBSERVATION". Taprobanica. 9 (1): 3–11. doi: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216 .{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. 1 2 Putra, C.A.; Amarasinghe, A.A.T.; Hikmatullah, D.; Scali, S.; Brinkman, J.; Manthey, U.; Ineich, I. (May 2020). "Rediscovery of Modigliani's Nose-horned Lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 (Reptilia: Agamidae) After 129 Years Without Any Observation" (PDF). Taprobanica. 9 (1): 3–11. doi:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216. S2CID   229579341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

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