Hypsilurus bruijnii

Hypsilurus bruijnii, also known commonly as the Bruijn forest dragon, the Bruijni forest dragon, and Bruijn's forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

Hypsilurus bruijnii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Hypsilurus
Species:
H. bruijnii
Binomial name
Hypsilurus bruijnii
(W. Peters & Doria, 1878)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) bruijnii
    W. Peters & Doria, 1878
  • Gonyocephalus bruijnii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Hypsilurus bruijnii
    — Bauer, R. Günther & Klipfel, 1999

Etymology

The specific name, bruijnii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Anton August Bruijn.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of H. bruijnii is rainforest.[1]

Description

Medium-sized for its genus,[2] H. bruijnii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13 cm (5.1 in), with a tail length of 45 cm (18 in).[4]

Reproduction

H. bruijnii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Shea, G.; Tallowin, O.; Austin, C.C. (2015). "Hypsilurus bruijnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T170402A21644283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T170402A21644283.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Hypsilurus bruijnii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hypsilurus bruijnii, p. 41).
  4. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor & Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonyocephalus bruijnii, p. 295).

Further reading
  • Peters W, Doria G (1978). "Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D' Albertis e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, [First Series] 13: 323–450 + Plates I–VII. ("Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) Bruijnii ", new species, pp. 379–380). (in Italian and Latin).



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