Harpesaurus
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| Harpesaurus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Harpesaurus Boulenger, 1885[1] |
Harpesaurus is a genus of agamid lizards. The genus is endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Geographic range
Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on some islands in Indonesia.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.[citation needed]
Species
Five species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Harpesaurus beccarii Doria, 1888
- Harpesaurus borneensis (Mertens, 1924)
- Harpesaurus ensicauda F. Werner, 1913
- Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933
- Harpesaurus tricinctus (A.H.A. Duméril in A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos King, 1978 is a synonym of H. borneensis.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Harpesaurus.
Etymology
The specific names, beccarii and modiglianii, are in honor of Italian botanists Odoardo Beccari and Elio Modigliani, respectively.[3]
References
- ^ "Harpesaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.
- ^ a b c "Harpesaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Harpesaurus beccarii, p. 21; H. modiglianii, p. 181).
Further reading
- 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 and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Harpesaurus, new genus, p. 279).