''Hypsilurus'' is a

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Species

, ''Hypsilurus'' contains the following 18

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Hypsilurus auritus ''Hypsilurus auritus'' is a species of agama found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independ ...

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Hypsilurus binotatus ''Hypsilurus binotatus'', the two-marked forest dragon, is a species of agama found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of ...

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Hypsilurus bruijnii ''Hypsilurus bruijnii'', also known commonly as the Bruijn forest dragon, the Bruijni forest dragon, and Bruijn's forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Etymology ...

'' – Bruijn's forest dragon *''

Hypsilurus capreolatus ''Hypsilurus capreolatus'' is a species of agama found in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bi ...

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Hypsilurus geelvinkianus ''Hypsilurus geelvinkianus'', the New Guinea forest dragon, is a species of agama found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent Stat ...

'' – New Guinea forest dragon *''

Hypsilurus godeffroyi ''Hypsilurus godeffroyi'', the northern forest dragon or Palau tree dragon, is a species of agama found in Palau and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Inde ...

'' – northern forest dragon *''

Hypsilurus hikidanus ''Hypsilurus hikidanus'' is a species of agama found in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, i ...

'' – Hikida's forest dragon *''

Hypsilurus longi ''Hypsilurus longi'' or Long's forest dragon is a species of agama found in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, ...

'' – Long's forest dragon *''

Hypsilurus macrolepis ''Hypsilurus macrolepis'', the Solomons tree dragon, is a species of agama found in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua ...

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Hypsilurus magnus ''Hypsilurus magnus'' is a species of agama found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independe ...

'' *'' Hypsilurus modestus'' – modest forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus nigrigularis'' *'' Hypsilurus ornatus'' – Denzer's forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus papuensis'' – Papua forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus schoedei'' – Vogt's forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi'' *'' Hypsilurus spinosus'' *'' Hypsilurus tenuicephalus'' Three species previously assigned to the genus ''Hypsilurus'' have now been moved to the genus '' Lophosaurus'': *'' Hypsilurus boydii'' (Macleay, 1884) – Boyd's forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus dilophus'' ( A.M.C. Duméril &

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, 1837) – Indonesian forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus spinipes'' (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – southern forest dragon, southern angle-headed dragon ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Hypsilurus''.

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