Hypsilurus auritus

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Hypsilurus
Species: Hypsilurus auritus
Name
[edit]Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)
- Syntypes (n=5): MTKD 398, 401 and 402 [destroyed during World War II], ZSM 187/1913 (formerly MTKD 400), and ZMB 8782, collected by A.B. Meyer in 1873.
- Type locality: “Neu-Guinea”, ZSM is labelled “Doré, westl. Neuguinea” and ZMB “Ansus, Jobi”.
Combinations
[edit]- Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) auritus Meyer, 1874: 130 [original combination]
- Gonyocephalus (Arua) auritus — Peters & Doria, 1878: 382 [subsequent combination]
- Gonocephalus auritus — Wermuth, 1967: 56 [subsequent combination]
- Hypsilurus (Arua) auritus — Moody, 1980: 300 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine Mittheilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128–140. BHL Reference page.
- Moody, S.M. 1980. Phylogenetic and historical biogeographic relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia, Lacertilia). Ph.D. dissertation. University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan. 373 pp. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Denzer, W., Günther, R. & Manthey, U. 1997. Kommentierter Typenkatalog der Agamen (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) des Museums für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ehemals Zoologisches Museum Berlin). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 73(2): 309–332. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.4830730209
Reference page. - 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.
- Denzer, W., Hallermann, J., Manthey, U. & Ohler, A. 2020. Lophyrus spinosus C. Duméril & A. Duméril, 1851, a case of mistaken identity. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 45–52. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.4.49023
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Oliver, P., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2022. IUCN: Hypsilurus auritus (Least Concern) (amended version of 2015 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T22528817A217787618. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22528817A217787618.en. Accessed on 19 November 2025.