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Hypsilurus

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Hypsilurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Hypsilurus
W. Peters, 1867[1]

Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.[2]

Species

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As of 2020, Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:[3]

Three species previously assigned to the genus Hypsilurus have now been moved to the genus Lophosaurus:[4]

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

References

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  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.

Further reading

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  • Manthey U, Denzer W (2016). "Melanesian anglehead lizards of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 – Part 1: Species from New Guinea". Sauria 38 (3): 11–36.
  • Peters W (1867). "Über Flederthiere ... und Amphibien ( Hypsilurus ... )". Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 703–712. (Hypsilurus, new subgenus, pp. 707–708). (in German).