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Hypsilurus hikidanus

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Species of lizard

Hypsilurus hikidanus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (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. hikidanus
Binomial name
Hypsilurus hikidanus
Manthey & Denzer, 2006

Hypsilurus hikidanus is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to the island of New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, hikidanus, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Tsutomu Hikida.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. hikidanus is forest.

Description

H. hikidanus is medium-sized for its genus and has a very long tail. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 16 cm (6.3 in), and females are about 25% shorter in SVL. The tail is about three times SVL.

Reproduction

H. hikidanus is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Hypsilurus hikidanus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22528897A22528901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22528897A22528901.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hypsilurus hikidanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  3. 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. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, p. 123).

Further reading

  • Manthey, Ulrich; Denzer, Wolfgang (2006). "A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the geus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with description of four new species and one new subspecies". Hamadryad 30 (1 & 2): 1–40. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, new species, pp. 28–29, Figure 26).
  • Manthey, Ulrich; Denzer, Wolfgang (2016). "Melanesische Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Hypilurus PETERS, 1867 – Teil 1. Arten von Neuguinea ". Sauria 38 (3): 11–36. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, pp. 18–19, Figures 13–14). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Hypsilurus hikidanus


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