Harpesaurus tricinctus (DUMÉRIL, 1851)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Java Nose-horned Lizard
Synonym	Arpephorus tricinctus DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 93 Harpesaurus tricinctus — BOULENGER 1885: 279 Harpesaurus tricinctus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 96 Harpesaurus tricinctus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 193 Harpesaurus tricinctus — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 66 Harpesaurus tricinctus — MANTHEY 2010 Harpesaurus tricinctus — PUTRA et al. 2020 Harpesaurus tricinctus — SEPTIADI et al. 2025
Distribution	Indonesia (Java, Borneo ?), Malaysia (Borneo ?, Sarawak) Type locality: Java
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 0623
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Comment	Type Species: Arpephorus tricinctus DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851 is the type species of the genus Harpesaurus BOULENGER 1885. Arpephorus is preoccupied by Arpephorus STEPHENS 1829 (Coleoptera). The most striking feature of the genus is the presence, either in males only or in both sexes, of one or two prominent rostral appendages. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after the three broad transverse yellow bands on the body, from Latin cinctus = surrounded, encircled.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. Duméril 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris, 224 pp. Ineich, I., Koppetsch, T., & Böhme, W. 2022. Pinocchio lizards and other lizards bearing rostral appendages− the peculiar habitus of the draconine agamid Harpesaurus tricinctus with highlights on its ecological implications and convergence with its New World equivalent, the dactyloid Anolis proboscis. Salamandra 58(2): 123–138. - get paper here Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp. Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here Manthey,U. & SCHUSTER,N. 1999. Agamen, 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp. - get paper here Putra, C.A. et al. 2020. Rediscovery of Modigliani’s nose-horned lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 (Reptilia: Agamidae) after 129 years without any observation. TAPROBANICA 9 (1): 3-11 - get paper here Septiadi, L., Basyir, I. H., Pratama, F. W., Priyono, R., Bayu, Z. A., Surahmat, F., & Surya, R. A. 2025. Range extension and first morphological data of the elusive Brooks’ Nose-horned Lizard, Harpesaurus brooksi (Parker, 1924), from the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra. Herpetology Notes, 18, 71-91 Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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