Hypsilurus hikidanus

Hypsilurus hikidanus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Hypsilurus
Species:	H. hikidanus
Binomial name
	Hypsilurus hikidanus; Manthey & Denzer, 2006

Last updated October 03, 2025

Hypsilurus hikidanus is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.^[2] The species is native to the island of New Guinea.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, hikidanus, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Tsutomu Hikida.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. hikidanus is forest.^[1]

Description

H. hikidanus is medium-sized for its genus and has a very long tail. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 16 cm (6.3 in), and females are about 25% shorter in SVL. The tail is about three times SVL.^[2]

Reproduction

H. hikidanus is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Hypsilurus hikidanus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T22528897A22528901. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22528897A22528901.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 3 Hypsilurus hikidanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
↑ 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 hikidanus, p. 123).

Manthey, Ulrich; Denzer, Wolfgang (2006). "A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the geus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with description of four new species and one new subspecies". Hamadryad30 (1 & 2): 1–40. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, new species, pp. 28–29, Figure 26).
Manthey, Ulrich; Denzer, Wolfgang (2016). "Melanesische Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Hypilurus PETERS, 1867 – Teil 1. Arten von Neuguinea [= Melanesian anglehead lizards of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 – Part 1. Species from New Guinea]". Sauria38 (3): 11–36. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, pp. 18–19, Figures 13–14). (in German).

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Hypsilurus hikidanus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T22528897A22528901. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22528897A22528901.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[rdb-2] 1 2 3 Hypsilurus hikidanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.

[3] 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 hikidanus, p. 123).

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