Hypsilurus hikidanus

Hypsilurus hikidanus is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[2] The species is native to the island of New Guinea.[1]

Hypsilurus hikidanus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Hypsilurus
Species:
H. hikidanus
Binomial name
Hypsilurus hikidanus
Manthey & Denzer, 2006

Etymology

The specific name, hikidanus, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Tsutomu Hikida.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. hikidanus is forest.[1]

Description

H. hikidanus is medium-sized for its genus and has a very long tail. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 16 cm (6.3 in), and females are about 25% shorter in SVL. The tail is about three times SVL.[2]

Reproduction

H. hikidanus is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Hypsilurus hikidanus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22528897A22528901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22528897A22528901.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Hypsilurus hikidanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, p. 123).

Further reading
  • Manthey, Ulrich; Denzer, Wolfgang (2006). "A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the geus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with description of four new species and one new subspecies". Hamadryad 30 (1 & 2): 1–40. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, new species, pp. 28–29, Figure 26).
  • Manthey, Ulrich; Denzer, Wolfgang (2016). "Melanesische Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Hypilurus PETERS, 1867 – Teil 1. Arten von Neuguinea [= Melanesian anglehead lizards of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 – Part 1. Species from New Guinea]". Sauria 38 (3): 11–36. (Hypsilurus hikidanus, pp. 18–19, Figures 13–14). (in German).



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