Genus of lizards
Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. 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.[citation needed]
Species
Six species are recognized as being valid.[2]
The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos King, 1978 is a synonym of H. borneensis.
The Sumatran species H. modiglianii was previously known only from the type specimen, collected in 1891, but was found again in 2018.[3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Harpesaurus.
References
- ^ "Harpesaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
- ^ a b c Genus Harpesaurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Putra, C.A.; Amarasinghe, A.A.T.; Hikmatullah, D.; Scali, S.; Brinkman, J.; Manthey, U.; Ineich, I. (May 2020). "Rediscovery of Modigliani's Nose-horned Lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 (Reptilia: Agamidae) After 129 Years Without Any Observation" (PDF). Taprobanica. 9 (1): 3–11. doi:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216. S2CID 229579341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Harpesaurus, new genus, p. 279).
External links
- Rochmyaningih, Dyna (2020). "A nose-horned dragon lizard lost to science for over 100 years has been found". Science News, June 9, 2020.