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Hydrosaurus celebensis (PETERS, 1872)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Hydrosaurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: (Sulawesi) Sailfin Lizard
G: Segelechse 
SynonymLophura celebensis PETERS 1872: 581
Lophura amboinensis — GÜNTHER 1873: 168
Lophura amboinensis — BOULENGER 1885: 402 (part)
Lophura amboinensis — MEYER 1887: 6 (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 cf. amboinensis — KOCH 2012: 149
Hydrosaurus sp. [Sulawesi] — SILER et al. 2014: 102
Hydrosaurus celebensis — SILER et al. 2014: 104
Hydrosaurus celebensis — DENZER et al. 2020 
DistributionIndonesia (Sulawesi)

Type locality: “am Ufer des Flusses von Posso in der Bai von Tomini” [= Poso River, Tomini Bay, Sulawesi, Indonesia]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 7393, adult male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Large species, exceeding 1000 mm in total length, possibly 1200 mm (assuming TL/SVL = 2.4, a complete tail of holotype amounts to 864 mm); largest specimen examined, holotype SVL 360 mm, TL 580 mm (TL/SVL = 1.61), part of the tail missing; complete specimen, MZB Lac271, SVL 233 mm, TL 563 mm (TL/SVL = 2.42). Head, neck, gular region and shoulder completely black; a row of enlarged flat, sometimes conical scales on either side of the neck; nuchal and dorsal crests continuous; a group of dirty white enlarged flat scales on the anterior part of the dorsum; few (<10) additional enlarged scales approximately at midbody and before the hindlimbs. Dorsal colouration typically yellowish, sometimes dark orange, interspersed with black spots; ventrally beige, limbs black with a few yellow spots; scales under fourth and fifth toes broad with several keels from near the base of the toe; tail black, sail black or dark violet with black stripes (Denzer et al. 2020).


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CommentSynonymy partly after Denzer et al. 2020. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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
  • GLÄSSER-TROBISCH, A. & TROBISCH, D. 2020. Begegnungen mit Hydrosaurus & Co. in der Wallacea. Teil 1: Drachen im Reich der Schmetterlinge – Sulawesi Sauria 42 (3): 1-25 - 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
  • Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1872. Über einige von Hrn. Dr. A. B. Meyer bei Gorontalo und Auf den Togian-Inseln gesammelte Amphibien. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1872 (Juli): 581-585 - get paper here
  • RIDHA, MOHAMMAD ALI; MIRZA DIKARI KUSRINI, ANI MARDIASTUTI & NANCY KARRAKER. 2021. The amphibians and reptiles of Rawa Aopa Watumohai national park, southeast Sulawesi. Media Konservasi 26 (2): 128–138. - get paper here
  • Siler, C.D., Lira-Noriega, A. & Brown, R.M. 2014. Conservation genetics of Australasian sailfin lizards: Flagship species threatened by coastal development and insufficient protected area coverage. Biological Conservation 169: 100–108 - get paper here
 
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