Hypsilurus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hypsilurus
Hypsilurus boydii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Amphibolurinae
Genus:	Hypsilurus W. Peters, 1867

Hypsilurus is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.

Species

As of 2020^[update], Hypsilurus contains the following 18 species:

• Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)
• Hypsilurus binotatus (Meyer, 1874) – two-marked forest dragon
• Hypsilurus bruijnii (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) – Bruijn's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus capreolatus Kraus & S. Myers, 2012
• 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 spinosus (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
• Hypsilurus tenuicephalus Mathey & Denzer, 2006

Three species previously assigned to the genus Hypsilurus have now been moved to the genus Lophosaurus:

• Hypsilurus boydii (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon
• Hypsilurus dilophus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon
• Hypsilurus 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 Hypsilurus.

• Peters W (1867). "Über Flederthiere ... und Amphibien ( Hypsilurus ... )". Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 703-712. (Hypsilurus, new subgenus, pp. 707–708). (in German).