Biology:Hypsilurus bruijnii
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Hypsilurus |
| Species: | H. bruijnii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypsilurus bruijnii (W. Peters & Doria, 1878)
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Hypsilurus bruijnii, also known commonly as the Bruijn forest dragon, the Bruijni forest dragon, and Bruijn's forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, bruijnii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Anton August Bruijn.[3]
Habitat
The natural habitat of H. bruijnii is rainforest.[1]
Description
Medium-sized for its genus,[2] H. bruijnii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13 cm (5.1 in), with a tail length of 45 cm (18 in).[4]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Shea, G.; Tallowin, O.; Austin, C.C. (2015). "Hypsilurus bruijnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T170402A21644283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T170402A21644283.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170402/21644283. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hypsilurus bruijnii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hypsilurus bruijnii, p. 41).
- ↑ 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 & Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonyocephalus bruijnii, p. 295).
Further reading
- Peters W, Doria G (1978). "Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D' Albertis e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, [First Series] 13: 323–450 + Plates I–VII. ("Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) Bruijnii ", new species, pp. 379–380). (in Italian and Latin).
Wikidata ☰ Q3144391 entry
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