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Harpesaurus
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<h2 id="geographic-range">Geographic range</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">Species</a> of the genus <i>Harpesaurus</i> are found on the <a href="/facts/Greater_Sunda_Islands/R2CjgQcD">Greater Sunda Islands</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="habitat">Habitat</h2> <p>The natural <a href="/facts/Habitat/zo1DN2gA">habitat</a> of lizards of the genus <i>Harpesaurus</i> is <a href="/facts/Forest/RnMtb31v">forests</a>. </p> <h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>Six species are recognized as being valid.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Species</th><th>Common Name</th><th>Range</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Harpesaurus_beccarii/V4bBUorA">Harpesaurus beccarii</a></i><p><a href="/facts/Giacomo_Doria/RgzxA3b4">Doria</a>, 1888 </p></td><td>Sumatra nose-horned lizard</td><td><a href="/facts/Sumatra/Fo192kJb">Sumatra</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Harpesaurus_borneensis/4mjHEbMK">Harpesaurus borneensis</a></i><p>(<a href="/facts/Robert_Mertens/FQyV5QP4">Mertens</a>, 1924)</p></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Borneo/1aIGfyvV">Borneo</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Harpesaurus_brooksi/59ntTKVe">Harpesaurus brooksi</a></i><p>(<a href="/facts/Hampton_Wildman_Parker/VYbMxE4w">Parker</a>, 1924)</p></td><td></td><td>Sumatra</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Harpesaurus_ensicauda/rHEIQBks">Harpesaurus ensicauda</a></i><p><a href="/facts/F._Werner/McYp5sHS">F. Werner</a>, 1913 </p></td><td>Nias nose-horned lizard</td><td><a href="/facts/Nias/ygdN6qUa">Nias</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Harpesaurus_modiglianii/4lQHsJW4">Harpesaurus modiglianii</a></i><p><a href="/facts/Decio_Vinciguerra/4d92W4UL">Vinciguerra</a>, 1933<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p></td><td>Modigliani's nose-horned lizard</td><td>Sumatra</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Harpesaurus_tricinctus/rSX6sSvG">Harpesaurus tricinctus</a></i><p>(<a href="/facts/A.H.A._Dum%25C3%25A9ril/xVHMXMFL">A.H.A. Duméril</a> in <a href="/facts/A.M.C._Dum%25C3%25A9ril/jy5EwTst">A.M.C. Duméril</a> & <a href="/facts/A.H.A._Dum%25C3%25A9ril/xVHMXMFL">A.H.A. Duméril</a>, 1851) </p></td><td>Java nose-horned lizard</td><td>Likely <a href="/facts/Java/2MNA2rLm">Java</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li></li></ul> <p>The species formerly known as <i>H. thescelorhinos</i> King, 1978 is a synonym of <i>H. borneensis</i>. </p><p>The Sumatran species <i>H. modiglianii</i> was previously known only from the <a href="/facts/Type_specimen/mTM1beKX">type specimen</a>, collected in 1891, but was found again in 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p><i><a href="/facts/Nota_bene/q7trSJUH">Nota bene</a></i>: A <a href="/facts/Binomial_nomenclature/jgBqAhPv">binomial authority</a> in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than <i>Harpesaurus</i>. </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/George_Albert_Boulenger/s50REt6N">Boulenger GA</a> (1885). <i>Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ.</i> London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (<i>Harpesaurus</i>, new genus, p. 279).</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Rochmyaningih, Dyna (2020). <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nose-horned-dragon-lizard-lost-science-found">"A nose-horned dragon lizard lost to science for over 100 years has been found"</a>. <i>Science News,</i> June 9, 2020.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Genus Harpesaurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Harpesaurus&exact=genus&submit=Search" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Harpesaurus&exact=genus&submit=Search</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Ineich, Ivan; Kopetsch, 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. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360622992_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" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360622992_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</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Putra, Chairunas A.; Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun; Research Center for Climate Change, Multidisciplinary Lab, FMIPA Building, 7th Floor, Kampus UI, University of Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia; Hikmatullah, Desy; Scali, Stefano; Brinkman, JanJaap; Manthey, Ulrich; Ineich, Ivan (2020-05-21). "REDISCOVERY OF MODIGLIANI'S NOSE-HORNED LIZARD, Harpesaurus modiglianii VINCIGUERRA, 1933 (REPTILIA : AGAMIDAE) AFTER 129 YEARS WITHOUT ANY OBSERVATION". Taprobanica. 9 (1): 3–11. doi:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="http://www.taprobanica.org/Archives/Volume-9-14-2020-26/Volume-9-Number-1-May-2020/v9i1216.html" target="_blank">http://www.taprobanica.org/Archives/Volume-9-14-2020-26/Volume-9-Number-1-May-2020/v9i1216.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Ineich, Ivan; Kopetsch, 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. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360622992_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" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360622992_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</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Genus Harpesaurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Harpesaurus&exact=genus&submit=Search" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Harpesaurus&exact=genus&submit=Search</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Putra, C.A.; Amarasinghe, A.A.T.; Hikmatullah, D.; Scali, S.; Brinkman, J.; Manthey, U.; Ineich, I. (May 2020). "Rediscovery of Modigliani's Nose-horned Lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 (Reptilia: Agamidae) After 129 Years Without Any Observation" (PDF). Taprobanica. 9 (1): 3–11. doi:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216. S2CID 229579341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200611195023/http://file.taprobanica.org/2_harpesaurus_modiglianii_taprobanica_9_1_2020_3_11-43750-3349_561.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200611195023/http://file.taprobanica.org/2_harpesaurus_modiglianii_taprobanica_9_1_2020_3_11-43750-3349_561.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Putra, C.A.; Amarasinghe, A.A.T.; Hikmatullah, D.; Scali, S.; Brinkman, J.; Manthey, U.; Ineich, I. (May 2020). "Rediscovery of Modigliani's Nose-horned Lizard, Harpesaurus modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1933 (Reptilia: Agamidae) After 129 Years Without Any Observation" (PDF). Taprobanica. 9 (1): 3–11. doi:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.216. S2CID 229579341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200611195023/http://file.taprobanica.org/2_harpesaurus_modiglianii_taprobanica_9_1_2020_3_11-43750-3349_561.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200611195023/http://file.taprobanica.org/2_harpesaurus_modiglianii_taprobanica_9_1_2020_3_11-43750-3349_561.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>