Harpesaurus borneensis (MERTENS, 1924)
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Hylagama borneensis MERTENS 1924 Harpesaurus thescelorhinos KING 1978 Hylagama borneensis — WERMUTH 1967: 65 Harpesaurus borneensis — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 192 Hylagama borneensis — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 70 Harpesaurus borneensis — BARTS & WILMS 2003 Harpesaurus borneensis — MANTHEY 2010 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Borneo, Sarawak, Kalimantan) thescelorhinos: MALAYSIA (Sarawak, Borneo) Type locality: Central Borneo, probably Kapoeas area. |
Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
Types | Holotype: SMNS 4596, adult female. Moody (1984) considered the holotype of Hylagama borneensis as lost and (erroneously) designated FMNH 138196 erroneously as a lectotype (must be neotype) to replace the lost holotype (designation invalid as holotype still extant). Holotype: adult male, FMNH 131540; adult female, paratype, FMNH 138196 [thescelorhinos] |
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Comment | MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999 note that there are no external differences to Harpesaurus but they still list this species as Hylagama. Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. |
Etymology | Named after its distribution on Borneo (Indonesia). |
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