Hypsilurus

Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal agamid lizards from Melanesia and eastern Australia.^[2]

Species

As of 2013^[update], Hypsilurus contains the following 20 species:^[3]

Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)
Hypsilurus binotatus (Meyer, 1874) – two-marked forest dragon
Hypsilurus boydii (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon
Hypsilurus bruijnii (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) – Bruijni forest dragon
Hypsilurus capreolatus Kraus & S. Myers, 2012
Hypsilurus dilophus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon
Hypsilurus geelvinkianus (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) – New Guinea forest dragon
Hypsilurus godeffroyi (W. Peters, 1867) – northern forest dragon
Hypsilurus hikidanus Manthey & Denzer, 2006 – Hikida's forest dragon
Hypsilurus longi (Macleay, 1877) – Long's forest dragon
Hypsilurus macrolepis W. Peters, 1872
Hypsilurus magnus Manthey & Denzer, 2006
Hypsilurus modestus (Meyer, 1874) – modest forest dragon
Hypsilurus nigrigularis (Meyer, 1874)
Hypsilurus ornatus Manthey & Denzer, 2006 – Denzer's forest dragon
Hypsilurus papuensis (Macleay, 1877) – Papua forest dragon
Hypsilurus schoedei (T. Vogt, 1932) – Vogt's forest dragon
Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi (Urban, 1999)
Hypsilurus spinipes (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – southern forest dragon, southern angle-headed dragon
Hypsilurus tenuicephalus Mathey & Denzer, 2006

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

^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
^ 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.
^ Hypsilurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 September 2013.