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Species of lizard

Harpesaurus beccarii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Harpesaurus
Species: H. beccarii
Binomial name
Harpesaurus beccarii
Doria, 1888

Harpesaurus beccarii, also known commonly as the Sumatra nose-horned lizard or the Sumatran nose-horned lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.

Description

H. beccarii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 8.6 cm (3.4 in) (not including the rostral appendage), and a tail length of 16.4 cm (6.5 in). The rostral appendage, which measures 1 cm (0.39 in), is double, consisting of a longer anterior "horn" and a shorter posterior "horn". The body is bluish green dorsally.

Reproduction

H. beccarii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Harpesaurus beccarii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
  2. 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. (Harpesaurus beccarii, p. 21).
  3. de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E. J. Brill Ltd. xiv + 384 pp. (Harpesaurus beccarii, pp. 97–98, Figure 49).

Further reading

  • Böhme W (1989). "Rediscovery of the Sumatran agamid lizard Harpesaurus beccarii Doria 1888, with the first notes on a live specimen". Tropical Zoology 2: 31–35.
  • Doria G (1888). "Note erpetologiche. I. Alcuni nuovi sauri raccolti in Sumatra dal D.re O. Beccari ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 6: 646–652 + Plate VIII. (Harpesaurus beccarii, new species, pp. 646–648 + Plate VIII, figure 2). (in Italian).
  • Manthey U (1990). "Das Portrait: Harpesaurus beccarii Doria ". Sauria 12 (3): 1–2. (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Harpesaurus beccarii


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