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Harpesaurus
Genus of lizards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Indonesia.[2]
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Each of the 6 species are known from at most only a few specimens.[3][4]
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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]
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.
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