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Lophosaurus
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Lophosaurus boydii
Scientific classification e
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, Lophosaurus contains the following three species:

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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