Hydrosaurus microlophus (BLEEKER, 1860)
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Hydrosaurus microlophus
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Hydrosaurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: (Sulawesi) Sailfin Lizard G: Segelechse |
| Synonym | Istiurus microlophus BLEEKER 1860: 80 Istiurus microlophus — BLEEKER 1860: 85 Istiurus amboinensis — BLEEKER 1860: 85 Lophura amboinensis — BOULENGER 1885: 402 (part) Lophura amboinensis — CASTO DE ELERA 1895: 417 (part) Lophura amboinensis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 128 (part) Lophura amboinensis var. celebensis — WEBER 1890: 160, 167 Hydrosaurus amboinensis — WERMUTH 1967: 64 (part) Hydrosaurus microlophus — DENZER et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Sulawesi) Type locality: Makassar (formerly Ujung Pandang), Celebes (= Sulawesi)” |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NHMUK 1863.12.4.35, juvenile |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Large species exceeding 1000 mm in total length; largest specimen, SMF 35996, SVL = 325 mm, TL = 745mm (TL/SVL = 2.29), tip of the tail missing; complete specimen, MZB Lac 5870, SVL 131 mm, TL 315 mm (TL/SVL = 2.4) [Remark: The MVZ database gives 370 mm as tail length]. Head black; sometimes with yel- lowish colour around the eyes, the same on the lower half of the neck and in front of the shoulders as well as in the gular region; nuchal region black; a group of enlarged conical or pyramidal scales on either side of the neck; nuchal and dorsal crests continuous; in males, the sides of the body are dirty yellow with three groups of enlarged conical or pyramidal scales, often forming a triangular shape, between fore and hindlimbs that decrease in size ventrally to form transverse bands, the largest scales being black in colour; adult females are black with yellow enlarged scales; some females (presumably subadults or non-reproducing specimens) and juveniles typically grey with the groups of enlarged scales being whitish in colour; yellow ventrally, limbs on the upper side black and on the underside yel- low (grey in subadults and juveniles); scales under fourth and fifth toes initially flat or singly keeled; tail black with some irregular yellow markings; sail dirty yellow to light brown with black stripes (Denzer et al. 2020: 287). |
| Comment | Synonymy partly after Denzer et al. 2020. |
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