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Hypsilurus  W. C. H. Peters, 1867
Taxonomic Serial No.: 564548

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Angle-headed Forest Dragons [English]
  
    Angle-headed Forest Dragon [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyAgamidae  – Old World Arboreal Lizards, Agamid Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyAmphibolurinae   
                                     GenusHypsilurus W. C. H. Peters, 1867 – Angle-headed Forest Dragons, Angle-headed Forest Dragon  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus binotatus (Meyer, 1874) – Two-marked ForestDragon 
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus bruijnii (W. C. H. Peters and Doria, 1878) – Bruijni ForestDragon 
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus capreolatus Kraus and Myers, 2012  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus geelvinkianus (W. C. H. Peters and Doria, 1878) – New Guinea Forest Dragon 
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus godeffroyi (W. C. H. Peters, 1867) – Northern Forest Dragon 
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus hikidanus Manthey and Denzer, 2006  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus longi (MacLeay, 1877)  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus macrolepis W. C. H. Peters, 1873  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus magnus Manthey and Denzer, 2006  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus modestus (Meyer, 1874) – Modest Forest Dragon 
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus nigrigularis (Meyer, 1874)  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus ornatus Manthey and Denzer, 2006  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus papuensis (MacLeay, 1877) – Papua Forest Dragon 
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus schoedei (Vogt, 1932) – Vogt's Forest Dragon 
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus schultzewestrumi (Urban, 1999)  
                                        SpeciesHypsilurus tenuicephalus Manthey and Denzer, 2006  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Hypsilurus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Hypsilurus   
       
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