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Hydrosaurus amboinensis (SCHLOSSER, 1768)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae, Hydrosaurinae, Sauria (lizards) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sailfin Lizard
G: Segelechse 
SynonymLacerta amboinensis SCHLOSSER 1768
Lacerta amboinensis — SHAW & NODDER 1799: plate 403
Lacerta lophura SHAW 1802: 218
Istiurus Amboinensis — CUVIER 1829
Lacerta Amboinensis — CUVIER 1831: 131
Istiurus Amboinensis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 380
Lacerta javanica HORNSTEDT in GRAY 1845: 246 (nom. nud.; fide GRAY 1845)
Lophura shawii GRAY 1845: 247 (nom. subst. pro Lacerta amboinensis etc.)
Istiurus microlophus BLEEKER 1860
Lophura celebensis PETERS 1872: 581
Lophura amboinensis — GÜNTHER 1873
Lophura amboinensis — BOULENGER 1885: 402
Hydrosaurus amboinensis — POCHE 1903: 698
Lophura amboinensis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 128
Hydrosaurus amboinensis — WERMUTH 1967: 64
Hydrosaurus amboinensis — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 69 
DistributionIndonesia (Halmahera etc.), New Guinea

Type locality: Amboina.
Type locality: “am Ufer des Flusses von Posso in der Bai von Tomini” [= Poso River, Tomini Bay, Sulawesi, Indonesia] [Lophura celebensis PETERS 1872].  
TypesHolotype: ZMB 7393 [Lophura celebensis PETERS 1872] 
CommentSynonymy partly after WERMUTH 1967.

Type species: Lacerta amboinensis SCHLOSSER 1768 is the type species of the genus Hydrosaurus KAUP 1828: 1147. Lacerta amboinensis is also the type species of the genus Istiurus CUVIER 1829. The name Lophura is pre-occupied by Lophura FLEMING 1822, a bird (POCHE 1893). 
References
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  • Cuvier, G. 1831. The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, ... with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith... and others. Vol. 9. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London, 481 pp.
  • Das, I. 1993. Jour. Sarawak Mus., 44 (65): 128
  • de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp.
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  • Gábris, J. 2003. Zur Haltung von philippinischen Segelechsen (Hydrosaurus pustulatus). Draco 4 (14): 24-33 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here
  • Günther,A. 1873. Notes on some reptiles and batrachians obtained by Dr. Bernhard Meyer in Celebes and the Philippine Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1873: 165-172 - get paper here
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  • Setiadi, M. I. & A. Hamidy, 2006. Jenis-Jenis Herpetofauna di Pulau Halmahera. Kerjasama antara Pusat Studi Biodiversitas dan Konservasi Universitas Indonesia dan Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Puslit Biologi Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia. - get paper here
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