Phoxophrys

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Phoxophrys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Phoxophrys
Hubrecht, 1881
Species:
P. tuberculata
Binomial name
Phoxophrys tuberculata
Hubrecht, 1881

Hubrecht's eyebrow lizard (Phoxophrys tuberculata) is an agamid lizard from Indonesia. [1] It is monotypic in the genus Phoxophrys, although all species in the genus Pelturagonia were previously located here.

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