Hypsilurus

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Amphibolurinae
Genus:
Species (18): H. auritus – H. binotatus – H. bruijnii – H. capreolatus – H. geelvinkianus – H. godeffroyi – H. hikidanus – H. longi – H. macrolepis – H. magnus – H. modestus – H. nigrigularis – H. ornatus – H. papuensis – H. schoedei – H. schultzewestrumi – H. spinosus – H. tenuicephalus

Hypsilurus Peters, 1867: 707

• Type species: Lophura (Hypsilurus) godeffroyi Peters, 1867, by monotypy.

• Arua Doria, 1874: 345
  • Type species: Gonyocephalus (Arua) inornatus Doria, 1874, by monotypy.
• Lophosteus Peters & Doria, 1878: 377
  • Type species: Gonyocephalus (Lophosteus) albertisii Peters & Doria, 1878, by monotypy.
• Diptychodera Boettger, 1893: 45
  • Type species: Diptychodera lobata Boettger, 1893, by monotypy.

• Peters, W. 1867. Über Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narirostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla poylepis, Pseudechis scutellatus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 703–712. BHL

• Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2006. A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the genus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with description of four new species and one new subspecies. Hamadryad 30(1/2): 1–40. Reference page. 
• Denzer, W. & Manthey, U. 2016. Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(1): 103–110. DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.7469 Reference page. 
• Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2016. Melanesische Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Hypsilurus Peters, 1867–Teil 1: Arten von Neuguinea (In German). Sauria 38(3): 11–36. Reference page. 
• Tallowin, O.J.S., Meiri, S., Donnellan, S.C., Richards, S.J., Austin, C.C. & Oliver, P.M. 2020. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(1): 99–113. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz125 Reference page. 
• Denzer, W., Hallermann, J., Manthey, U. & Ohler, A. 2020. Lophyrus spinosus C. Duméril & A. Duméril, 1851, a case of mistaken identity. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 45–52. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.4.49023 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Hypsilurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 July 2020.
• Hypsilurus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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