{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Hypsilurus'' | image =Hypsilurus_dilophus.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Hypsilurus | authority = W. Peters, 1867<ref>{{ITIS|id=564548 |taxon=''Hypsilurus'' W. C. H. Peters, 1867 |accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref> }}
'''''Hypsilurus''''' is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia.<ref name=Honda>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Honda M, Ota H, Sengoku S, Yong HS, Hikida T|title=Molecular evaluation of phylogenetic significances in the highly divergent karyotypes of the genus ''Gonocephalus'' (Reptilia: Agamidae) from tropical Asia|doi=10.2108/zsj.19.129|journal=Zoological Science|volume=19|issue=1|pages=129–133|year=2002|pmid=12025399|hdl=2433/57213|s2cid=38549668|url=https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/57213/1/K067.pdf}}</ref>
==Species== {{asof|2020}}, ''Hypsilurus'' contains the following 18 species:<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Hypsilurus|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref> *''Hypsilurus auritus'' {{small|(Meyer, 1874)}} *''Hypsilurus binotatus'' {{small|(Meyer, 1874)}} – two-marked forest dragon *''Hypsilurus bruijnii'' {{small|(W. Peters & Doria, 1878)}} – Bruijn's forest dragon *''Hypsilurus capreolatus'' {{small|Kraus & S. Myers, 2012}} *''Hypsilurus geelvinkianus'' {{small|(W. Peters & Doria, 1878)}} – New Guinea forest dragon *''Hypsilurus godeffroyi'' {{small|(W. Peters, 1867)}} – northern forest dragon *''Hypsilurus hikidanus'' {{small|Manthey & Denzer, 2006}} – Hikida's forest dragon *''Hypsilurus longi'' {{small|(Macleay, 1877)}} – Long's forest dragon *''Hypsilurus macrolepis'' {{small|W. Peters, 1872}} *''Hypsilurus magnus'' {{small|Manthey & Denzer, 2006}} *''Hypsilurus modestus'' {{small|(Meyer, 1874)}} – modest forest dragon *''Hypsilurus nigrigularis'' {{small|(Meyer, 1874)}} *''Hypsilurus ornatus'' {{small|Manthey & Denzer, 2006}} – Denzer's forest dragon *''Hypsilurus papuensis'' {{small|(Macleay, 1877)}} – Papua forest dragon *''Hypsilurus schoedei'' {{small|(T. Vogt, 1932)}} – Vogt's forest dragon *''Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi'' {{small|(Urban, 1999)}} *''Hypsilurus spinosus'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)}} *''Hypsilurus tenuicephalus'' {{small|Mathey & Denzer, 2006}}
Three species previously assigned to the genus ''Hypsilurus'' have now been moved to the genus ''Lophosaurus'':<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Denzer|first1=Wolfgang|author1-link=species:Wolfgang Denzer|last2=Manthey|first2=Ulrich|author2-link=species:Ulrich Manthey|title=Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus ''Hypsilurus'' Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae)|journal=Zoosystematics and Evolution|date=2016|volume=92|pages=103–110|doi=10.3897/zse.92.7469|doi-access=free}}</ref> *''Hypsilurus boydii'' <small>(Macleay, 1884)</small> – Boyd's forest dragon *''Hypsilurus dilophus'' <small>(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837)</small> – Indonesian forest dragon *''Hypsilurus spinipes'' <small>(A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)</small> – southern forest dragon, southern angle-headed dragon
''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Hypsilurus''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== {{Wikispecies}} *Manthey U, Denzer W (2016). "Melanesian anglehead lizards of the genus ''Hypsilurus'' Peters, 1867 – Part 1: Species from New Guinea". ''Sauria'' '''38''' (3): 11–36. *Peters W (1867). "''Über Flederthiere ... und Amphibien ('' Hypsilurus ... '')''". ''Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' '''1867''': 703–712. (''Hypsilurus'', new subgenus, pp. 707–708). (in German).
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Category:Hypsilurus Category:Lizard genera Category:Reptiles of Oceania Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters