Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Hypsilurus
Species: Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi

Name

Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi (Urban, 1999)

• Holotype: ZSM 1965/82, adult ♂, collected by T. Schultze-Westrum in July 1956.
• Type locality: “in der Nähe von Nondugl, Papua-Neu Guinea” [=Near Nondugl (5°52’S, 144°46’E), Western Highlands Province, Papua-New Guinea].
• Paratype: ZSM 1956/89, adult ♀, same data as holotype.
• Etymology: Named after Thomas Schultze-Westrum (1937–).

Combinations

• Gonocephalus schultzewestrumi Urban, 1999: 185 [original combination]
• Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi — Manthey & Denzer, 2000: 15 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Urban, H. [1998] 1999. Eine neue Agamenart der Gattung Gonocephalus aus Papua-Neu Guinea (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae). Herpetozoa 11(3/4): 185–188.
• Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2000. Description of a new genus, Hypsicalotes gen. nov. (Sauria: Agamidae) from Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo, with remarks on the generic identity of Gonocephalus schultzewestrumi Urban, 1999. Hamadryad 25(1): 13–20. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2006. A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the genus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with description of four new species and one new subspecies. Hamadryad 30(1/2): 1–40. Reference page. 
• Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2016. Melanesische Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Hypsilurus Peters, 1867–Teil 1: Arten von Neuguinea (In German). Sauria 38(3): 11–36. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 July 2020.
• Oliver, P., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2015. IUCN: Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T22566055A22566062. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22566055A22566062.en