Harpesaurus

Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Indonesia.^[2]

Harpesaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Harpesaurus Boulenger, 1885[1]

Each of the 6 species are known from at most only a few specimens.^[3][4]

Geographic range

Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on the Greater Sunda Islands.^[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.^{[citation needed]}

Species

Six species are recognized as being valid.^[2]

Species	Common Name	Range
Harpesaurus beccarii Doria, 1888	Sumatra nose-horned lizard	Sumatra
Harpesaurus borneensis (Mertens, 1924)		Borneo
Harpesaurus brooksi (Parker, 1924)		Sumatra
Harpesaurus ensicauda F. Werner, 1913	Nias nose-horned lizard	Nias
Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933[5]	Modigliani's nose-horned lizard	Sumatra
Harpesaurus tricinctus (A.H.A. Duméril in A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)	Java nose-horned lizard	Likely Java

The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos King, 1978 is a synonym of H. borneensis.

The Sumatran species H. modiglianii was previously known only from the type specimen, collected in 1891, but was found again in 2018.^[5]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Harpesaurus.