Hypsilurus auritus

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Hypsilurus auritus
File:Hypsilurus auritus (10.3897-evolsyst.4.49023) Figure 3.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Hypsilurus
Species:
H. auritus
Binomial name
Hypsilurus auritus
(Meyer, 1874)

Hypsilurus auritus is a species of agama found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2] It is also distributed along adjacent islands to Papua new Guinea (mostly along southern coasts). Morphological Characteristics of this organism are that tey have 1 scale between nasal and first supralabial The main characteristic of this species is their color – the dorsal side should display colors of green and brown with/or turquoise shadings. - Hypsilurus auritus should not be confused with the species Lophyrus spinosus (similar organisms but very distinct morphological characteristics in comparison)[3]

File:Hypsilurus auritus "Indonésie" 1.jpg
Hypsilurus auritus "Indonésie" - Captivity

References

  1. Oliver, P.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Hypsilurus auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22528817A22528822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22528817A22528822.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Hypsilurus auritus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  3. https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/49023/

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