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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Harpesaurus |
| Species: | H. modiglianii |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 | |
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Harpesaurus modiglianii, also known commonly as Modigliani's nose-horned lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, modiglianii, is honor of Italian botanist Elio Modigliani.[3]
Geographic range
H. modiglianii is indigenous to northern Sumatra, Indonesia.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of H. modiglianii is forest.[3]
Description
H. modiglianii has a sickle-shaped upturned nasal appendage. Not including this appendage, the holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.3 cm (3.3 in), and a tail length of 13.9 cm (5.5 in). Its nasal appendage is 6 mm (0.24 in) long, roughly as long as the head.[4]
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 Richman N, Böhm M (2010). "Harpesaurus modiglianii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T170400A6776835.en. Downloaded on 09 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 Harpesaurus modiglianii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- 1 2 Crombet-Beolens, Richard Allen; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ↑ Vinciguerra (1933).
Further reading
- Putra CA, Amarasinghe AAT, Hikmatullah D, Scali S, Brinkman J, Manthey U, Ineich I (2020). "Rediscovery of Modigliani's nose-horned lizard Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 (Reptilia: Agamidae) after 129 years without any observation". Taprobanica 9 (1): 3–11 + Plates 1–3.
- Vinciguerra D (1933). "Descrizione di una nuova specie di Harpesaurus di Sumatra". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 56: 355–357. (Harpesaurus modiglianii, new species). (in Italian).
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