Harpesaurus

Harpesaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Harpesaurus
Boulenger, 1885[1]

Harpesaurus is a genus of agamid lizards. The genus is endemic to Indonesia.[2]

Geographic range

Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on some islands in Indonesia.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.

Species

Five species are recognized as being valid.[2]

The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos King, 1978 is a synonym of H. borneensis.

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

Etymology

The specific names, beccarii and modiglianii, are in honor of Italian botanists Odoardo Beccari and Elio Modigliani, respectively.[3]

References

  1. "Harpesaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
  2. 1 2 3 "Harpesaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Harpesaurus beccarii, p. 21; H. modiglianii, p. 181).

Further reading

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