Lophosaurus facts for kids
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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 |
Lophosaurus is a genus of arboreal agamid lizards from Australia and Melanesia.
Species
As of 2016[update], Lophosaurus contains the following three species:
- 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.
- 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).
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