Hypsilurus godeffroyi

Hypsilurus godeffroyi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Hypsilurus
Species:	H. godeffroyi
Binomial name
Hypsilurus godeffroyi (W. Peters, 1867)
Synonyms [2] [3]
Lophura (Hypsilurus) godeffroyi W. Peters, 1867 Gonyocephalus macrolepis W. Peters, 1872 Tiaris longii Macleay, 1878 Gonyocephalus godeffroyi — Boulenger, 1885 Hypsilurus godeffroyi — Manthey & Schuster, 1999

Hypsilurus godeffroyi, also known commonly as the angle-headed lizard, the northern forest dragon, and the Palau tree dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Palau and Papua New Guinea. ^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, godeffroyi, is in honor of German amateur ornithologist Johann Cesar Godeffroy. ^[4]

Behavior

H. godeffroyi is arboreal. ^[1]

Reproduction

H. godeffroyi is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Allison, A.; Hamilton, A.; Tallowin, O. (2012). "Hypsilurus godeffroyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T196556A2459428. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196556A2459428.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonyocephalus godeffroyi, pp. 295–296).
3. Hypsilurus godeffroyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, p. 102).

Further reading

• Bauer AM, Watkins-Colwell GJ (2001). "On the origin of the types of Hypsilurus godeffroyi (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) and early German contributions to the herpetology of Palau". Micronesica34 (1): 73–84.
• Manthey U, Denzer W (2006). "A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the genus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with descriptions of four new species and one new subspecies". Hamadryad30 (1–2): 1–40. (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, pp. 12–14, Figure 11; key to species of Hypsilurus, p. 31).
• Peters W (1867). "Über Flederthiere (Pteropus Gouldii, Rhinolophus Deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo Temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus Godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narirostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla polypelis, Pseudechis scutellatus, Hoplobatrachus Reinhardtii, Hyla coriacea.)". Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin1867: 703–712. (Lophura godeffroyi, new species, pp. 707–708). (in German).