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Lophosaurus

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Lophosaurus
Lophosaurus boydii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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, Lophosaurus contains the following three species:[4]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Fitzinger, L. Systema reptilium. Fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae (in Latin). Wien: Braumüller et Seidel. p. 15, 45.
  2. ^ "Lophosaurus Fitzinger, 1843". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ 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. hdl:2241/104127. PMID 12025399. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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).