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Harpesaurus tricinctus (DUMÉRIL, 1851)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Java Nose-horned Lizard 
SynonymArpephorus 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 
DistributionIndonesia (Java, Borneo ?),
Malaysia (Borneo ?, Sarawak)

Type locality: Java  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 0623 
Diagnosis 
CommentType 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. 
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 pro 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. - 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
 
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