Hypsilurus

Hypsilurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Hypsilurus
W. Peters, 1867

Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.

Species

As of 2020, Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:

Three species previously assigned to the genus Hypsilurus have now been moved to the genus Lophosaurus:

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

References

  1. ↑ "Hypsilurus W. C. H. Peters, 1867". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Honda M, Ota H, Sengoku S, Yong HS, Hikida T (2002). "Molecular evaluation of phylogenetic significances in the highly divergent karyotypes of the genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from tropical Asia" (PDF). Zoological Science. 19 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2108/zsj.19.129. hdl:2433/57213. PMID 12025399. S2CID 38549668.
  3. ↑ Hypsilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Denzer, Wolfgang; Manthey, Ulrich (2016). "Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 92: 103–110. doi:10.3897/zse.92.7469.

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