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Hydrosaurus amboinensis (SCHLOSSER, 1768)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Hydrosaurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: (Amboina) Sailfin Lizard
G: Segelechse 
SynonymLacerta amboinensis SCHLOSSER 1768
Iguana amboinensis — MEYER 1795: 16
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.)
Lophura amboinensis — GÜNTHER 1873
Lophura amboinensis — BOULENGER 1885: 402
Lophura amboinensis — WEBER 1890: 167
Hydrosaurus amboinensis — POCHE 1903: 698
Lophura amboinensis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 128
Hydrosaurus amboinensis — WERMUTH 1967: 64
Hydrosaurus amboinensis — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 69
Hydrosaurus cf. amboinensis — KOCH 2012: 149
Hydrosaurus amboinensis — DENZER et al. 2020 
DistributionIndonesia (Halmahera etc.), Papua New Guinea

Type locality: Amboina.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NRM 1047 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1470 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after WERMUTH 1967. Istiurus microlophus BLEEKER 1860 and Lophura celebensis PETERS 1872: 581 were previously considered as synonyms of amboinensis (e.g. BOULENGER 1885) but revalidated by Denzer et al. 2020.

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 1903). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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