Harpesaurus brooksi

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Harpesaurus brooksi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Harpesaurus
Species:
H. brooksi
Binomial name
Harpesaurus brooksi
Parker, 1924
Synonyms [1]
  • Thaumatorhynchus brooksi
    Parker, 1924
  • Harpesaurus brooksi
    Wermuth, 1967

Harpesaurus brooksi is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, brooksi, is in honor of British metallurgical chemist Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and Sumatra. [2]

Description

H. brooksi has a single cylindrical "horn" on its nose. [1]

Reproduction

H. brooksi is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Harpesaurus brooksi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 September 2020.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thaumatorhynchus brooksi, p. 40).

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