''Hypsilurus bruijnii'', also known
commonly as the Bruijn forest dragon, the Bruijni forest dragon, and Bruijn's forest dragon, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Agamidae
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Overview
phylogenetics, Phylogenetic ...
. The species is native to
Indonesia
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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, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.
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Etymology
The specific name, ''bruijnii'', is in honor of Dutch naturalist Anton August Bruijn.
Habitat
The natural habitat
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of ''H. bruijnii'' is rainforest
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...
.
Description
Medium-sized for its genus,[ ''H. bruijnii'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a tail length of .][ Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I ... Agamidæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor & Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (''Gonyocephalus bruijnii'', p. 295).]
Reproduction
''H. bruijnii'' is oviparous
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References
Further reading
* Peters W, Doria G (1978). "''Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D' Albertis e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese''". ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, irst Series
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IR ...
' 13: 323–450 + Plates I–VII. ("''Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) Bruijnii'' ", new species, pp. 379–380). (in Italian and Latin).
Hypsilurus
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Taxa named by Giacomo Doria
Reptiles described in 1878
Agamid lizards of New Guinea
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