Hypsilurus schoedei (VOGT, 1932)
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Hypsilurus schoedei
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Vogt's Forest Dragon |
| Synonym | Gonyocephalus schoedei VOGT 1932: 282 Gonocephalus schoedei — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946 ? Hypsilurus schoedei — WERMUTH 1967: 61 Hypsilurus schoedei — BARTS & WILMS 2003 Hypsilurus schoedei — MANTHEY & DENZER 2006: 17 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Admirality Islands) Type locality: Lambussa, Neu-Guinea (also as Lambussu or Lambusso). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: ZMB 32205, ZMB 54474–500 (formerly ZMB 32205 part.), ZFMK 95270 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Small, long–tailed species with homogeneous dorsal scalation and a discontinuous vertebral crest. Scales below the tympanum weakly enlarged; a row of enlarged submaxillaries present; anterior edge of the gular pouch without enlarged scales. H. schoedei is extremely similar to H. godeffroyi. H. schoedei differs from godeffroyi by a nearly homogeneous scalation of the anterior part of the gular pouch; sometimes several scales slightly separated (vs. heterogeneous, almost all scales widely separated) as well as a smaller SVL < 130 mm (vs. > 140 mm); macrolepis and longii by a lower number of scales between enlarged submaxillaries and infralabials 3 (vs. 4–5) and by smooth, rounded anterior scales on the gular pouch (vs. mainly keeled, acuminate); additionally from longii by a smaller SVL < 130 mm (vs. > 200 mm) and a higher number of light bands on the back, 5–10 (vs. 4) [if present]; binotatus by a discontinuous vertebral crest (vs. continuous); schultzewestrumi by significantly smaller plates on the sides of the head, largest plate clearly < Ø tympanum (vs. ≥ Ø tympanum); papuensis by the absence of a dark spot on either side of the neck (vs. present); auritus, geelvinkianus, modestus, nigrigularis and bruijnii by the presence of enlarged scales below the tympanum (vs. absent); boydii, spinipes and dilophus by a homogeneous dorsal scalation (vs. heterogeneous) and a longer tail TL/SVL > 3.0 (vs. < 2.3) (Manthey & Denzer 2006: 17). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 37 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named after “Herrn Schoede”, the collector of the types. |
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