Hypsilurus bruijnii

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 bruijnii

Name

Hypsilurus bruijnii (Peters & Doria, 1878)

• Holotype: MSNG 9562, collected by A. Bruijn between 1872–1876.
• Type locality: “Nova Guinea sept. ad Montes Arfak” [=Arfak Mountains, Doberai (Vogelkop) Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia].
• Etymology: Named after Anton August Bruijn (d. 1885), a Dutch plumassier.

Combinations

• Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) bruijnii Peters & Doria, 1878: 379 [original combination]
• Gonyocephalus bruijnii — Boulenger, 1885: 295 [subsequent combination]
• Gonocephalus bruijnii — Wermuth, 1957: 67 [subsequent combination]
• Hypsilurus bruijnii — Moody, 1980: 300 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese (In Italian). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 323–450. BHL 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 bruijnii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2020.
• Allison, A., Oliver, P., Shea, G., Tallowin, O. & Austin, C.C. 2015. IUCN: Hypsilurus bruijnii  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T170402A21644283. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T170402A21644283.en

Vernacular names

English: Bruijni Forest Dragon