Harpesaurus brooksi is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Harpesaurus |
Species: | H. brooksi
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Binomial name | |
Harpesaurus brooksi Parker, 1924
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, brooksi, is in honor of British metallurgical chemist Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and Sumatra.[2]
Description
editH. brooksi has a single cylindrical "horn" on its nose.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Harpesaurus brooksi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 September 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thaumatorhynchus brooksi, p. 40).
Further reading
edit- Parker HW (1924). "Description of a new Agamid Lizard from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 14: 624–625. (Thaumatorhynchus brooksi, new species).