Lophosaurus

Lophosaurus is a genus of arboreal agamid lizards from Australia and Melanesia.

Species

, Lophosaurus contains the following 3 species:

• Lophosaurus boydii <small>(Macleay, 1884)</small> – Boyd's forest dragon
• Lophosaurus dilophus <small>(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837)</small> – Indonesian forest dragon
• Lophosaurus 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 Lophosaurus.

References

Further reading

• 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).