Biology:Lophosaurus
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Short description: Genus of lizards
| Lophosaurus | |
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| Lophosaurus boydii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Amphibolurinae |
| Genus: | Lophosaurus Fitzinger, 1843[1][2] |
Lophosaurus is a genus of arboreal agamid lizards from Australia and Melanesia.[3]
Species
As of 2016[update], Lophosaurus contains the following 3 species:[4]
- Lophosaurus boydii (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon
- Lophosaurus dilophus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon
- Lophosaurus spinipes (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fitzinger, L. (in la). Systema reptilium. Fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Wien: Braumüller et Seidel. p. 15, 45.
- ↑ "Lophosaurus Fitzinger, 1843". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1055396. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ↑ Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Sengoku, S.; Yong, H. S.; Hikida, T. (2002). "Molecular evaluation of phylogenetic significances in the highly divergent karyotypes of the genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from tropical Asia". Zoological Science 19 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2108/zsj.19.129. PMID 12025399. https://tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=18489&item_no=1&attribute_id=17&file_no=1.
- ↑ Denzer, Wolfgang; Manthey, Ulrich (2016). "Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 92: 103–110. doi:10.3897/zse.92.7469.
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. 707–708). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q43032447 entry
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