Hypsilurus papuensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Hypsilurus
- Species
- Hypsilurus papuensis
- Scientific Name
- Hypsilurus papuensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hypsilurus papuensis
Hypsilurus papuensis, the Papua forest dragon, is a species of agama. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and found in both New Guinean mainland and on the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands.
Two subspecies are recognized:
- Hypsilurus papuensis papuensis (Macleay, 1877)
- Hypsilurus papuensis longicauda Manthey and Denzer 2006
Hypsilurus papuensis is a highly arboreal lizard inhabiting both lowland and montane primary rainforest.
...Hypsilurus papuensis in languages:
- English
- Papua Forest Dragon
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hypsilurus auritus
- Hypsilurus binotatus
- Hypsilurus bruijnii
- Hypsilurus capreolatus
- Hypsilurus geelvinkianus
- Hypsilurus godeffroyi
- Hypsilurus hikidanus
- Hypsilurus longi
- Hypsilurus macrolepis
- Hypsilurus magnus
- Hypsilurus modestus
- Hypsilurus nigrigularis
- Hypsilurus ornatus
- Hypsilurus papuensis
- Hypsilurus schoedei
- Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi
- Hypsilurus spinosus
- Hypsilurus tenuicephalus




