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Hypsilurus bruijnii

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Species of lizard

Hypsilurus bruijnii
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Hypsilurus
Species: H. bruijnii
Binomial name
Hypsilurus bruijnii
(W. Peters & Doria, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) bruijnii
    W. Peters & Doria, 1878
  • Gonyocephalus bruijnii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Hypsilurus bruijnii
    — Bauer, R. Günther & Klipfel, 1999

Hypsilurus bruijnii, also known commonly as the Bruijn forest dragon, the Bruijni forest dragon, and Bruijn's forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, bruijnii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Anton August Bruijn.

Habitat

The natural habitat of H. bruijnii is rainforest.

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, H. bruijnii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13 cm (5.1 in), with a tail length of 45 cm (18 in).

Reproduction

H. bruijnii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Shea, G.; Tallowin, O.; Austin, C.C. (2015). "Hypsilurus bruijnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T170402A21644283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T170402A21644283.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hypsilurus bruijnii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  3. 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. (Hypsilurus bruijnii, p. 41).
  4. 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 & Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonyocephalus bruijnii, p. 295).

Further reading

  • Peters W, Doria G (1978). "Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D' Albertis e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13: 323–450 + Plates I–VII. ("Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) Bruijnii ", new species, pp. 379–380). (in Italian and Latin).


Taxon identifiers
Hypsilurus bruijnii


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