| Lophosaurus | |
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| Lophosaurus boydii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Amphibolurinae |
| Genus: | Lophosaurus Fitzinger, 1843[1][2] |
Lophosaurus is a genus of arboreal agamid lizards from Australia and Melanesia.[3]
Species
[edit]As of 2016[update], Lophosaurus contains the following 3 species:[4]
- Lophosaurus boydii (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon
- Lophosaurus dilophus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon
- Lophosaurus spinipes (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – southern forest dragon, southern angle-headed dragon
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lophosaurus.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema reptilium. Fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae (in Latin). Vienna: Braumüller et Seidel. p. 15, 45.
- ^ "Lophosaurus Fitzinger, 1843". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ 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. hdl:2241/104127. PMID 12025399. S2CID 38549668.
- ^ Denzer, Wolfgang & Manthey, Ulrich (2016). "Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 92: 103–110. doi:10.3897/zse.92.7469.
Further reading
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