Harpesaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Draconinae |
Genus: | Harpesaurus Boulenger, 1885[1] |
Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on some islands in Indonesia.[2]
The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.[citation needed]
Six species are recognized as being valid.[2]
The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos King, 1978 is a synonym of H. borneensis.
The Sumatran species H. modiglianii was previously known only from the type specimen, collected in 1891, but was found again in 2018.[3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Harpesaurus.