Biology:Hydrosaurus microlophus

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Short description: Species of lizard

Hydrosaurus microlophus
Hydrosaurus microlophus, male, Rompegading, Sulawesi.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Hydrosaurus
Species:
H. microlophus
Binomial name
Hydrosaurus microlophus
(Bleeker, 1860)

The Indonesian giant sailfin dragon (Hydrosaurus microlophus) is a species of agamid native to South Sulawesi Indonesia.[1] It is the heaviest and longest species of sailfin lizard, making it the largest of all the Agamidae.[citation needed] It is often mistaken for H. amboinensis[by whom?] because of the incorrect information of Hydrosaurus amboinensis being the largest of the sailfin dragons.[2]

Reproduction

H. microlophus is oviparous.

References

  1. DENZER, WOLFGANG; PATRICK D. CAMPBELL, ULRICH MANTHEY, ANDREA GLÄSSER-TROBISCH, ANDRÉ KOCH 2020. Dragons in neglect: Taxonomic revision of the Sulawesi sailfin lizards of the genus Hydrosaurus Kaup, 1828 (Squamata, Agamidae). Zootaxa 4747 (2): 275–301
  2. "Indonesian Sailfin Dragon Species". https://riqnauf.blogspot.com/2020/04/4-hydrosaurus-dari-indonesia-yang-baru.html?spref=fb&m=1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q95494937 entry