Harpesaurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Harpesaurus Boulenger, 1885[1] |
Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Geographic range[edit]
Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on some islands in Indonesia.[2]
Habitat[edit]
The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.[citation needed]
Species[edit]
Six species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Harpesaurus beccarii Doria, 1888 – Sumatra nose-horned lizard
- Harpesaurus borneensis (Mertens, 1924)
- Harpesaurus brooksi (Parker, 1924)
- Harpesaurus ensicauda F. Werner, 1913 – Nias nose-horned lizard
- Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933[3] – Modigliani's nose-horned lizard
- Harpesaurus tricinctus (A.H.A. Duméril in A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Java nose-horned lizard
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[edit]
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
Further reading[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Rochmyaningih, Dyna (2020). "A nose-horned dragon lizard lost to science for over 100 years has been found". Science News, June 9, 2020.