Harpesaurus tricinctus, the Java nose-horned lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. It is endemic to Indonesia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Harpesaurus |
| Species: | H. tricinctus
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| Binomial name | |
| Harpesaurus tricinctus (Duméril, 1851)
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A single desiccated specimen of the species is known, collected some years before the species' description in 1851. Since then, the species has not been sighted again, and as such is possibly extinct. Although the sole specimen was recorded as being collected in Java, this could not be confirmed as no date or collector name is associated with the specimen. As such, its collection from any of the other Sunda Islands could not be ruled out.[2]
The holotype, i.e., the sole known specimen is around 25 cm long, and allegedly a male. Like other in the genus Harpesaurus, it sported a long horn like scale on the tip of its snout.[2]
References
edit- ^ Harpesaurus tricinctus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- ^ a b Ineich, Ivan; Koppetsch, Thore; Böhme, Wolfgang (May 2022). "Pinocchio lizards and other lizards bearing rostral appendages − the peculiar habitus of the draconine agamid Harpesaurus tricinctus with highlights on its ecological implications and convergence with its New World equivalent, the dactyloid Anolis proboscis". Salamandra. 58 (2): 123–136 – via ResearchGate.
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