Hypsilurus

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

Species

, Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:

• Hypsilurus auritus
• Hypsilurus binotatus – two-marked forest dragon
• Hypsilurus bruijnii – Bruijn's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus capreolatus
• Hypsilurus geelvinkianus – New Guinea forest dragon
• Hypsilurus godeffroyi – northern forest dragon
• Hypsilurus hikidanus – Hikida's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus longi – Long's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus macrolepis
• Hypsilurus magnus
• Hypsilurus modestus – modest forest dragon
• Hypsilurus nigrigularis
• Hypsilurus ornatus – Denzer's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus papuensis – Papua forest dragon
• Hypsilurus schoedei – Vogt's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi
• Hypsilurus spinosus
• Hypsilurus tenuicephalus

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

• Hypsilurus boydii <small>(Macleay, 1884)</small> – Boyd's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus dilophus <small>(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837)</small> – Indonesian forest dragon
• Hypsilurus spinipes <small>(A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)</small> – southern forest dragon, southern angle-headed dragon

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

References

Further reading

• , (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.&nbsp;707–708). (in German).