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Hydrosaurus microlophus

The Indonesian giant sailfin dragon is a species of agamid native to South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is the heaviest and longest species of sailfin lizard, making it the largest of all the Agamidae. It is often mistaken for H. amboinensis because of the incorrect information of H. amboinensis being the largest of the sailfin dragons.

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Hydrosaurus microlophus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Hydrosaurus
Species:
H. microlophus
Binomial name
Hydrosaurus microlophus
(Bleeker, 1860)

The Indonesian giant sailfin dragon (Hydrosaurus microlophus) is a species of agamid native to South Sulawesi, Indonesia.1 It is the heaviest and longest species of sailfin lizard, making it the largest of all the Agamidae. It is often mistaken for H. amboinensis because of the incorrect information of H. amboinensis being the largest of the sailfin dragons.2

Reproduction

H. microlophus is oviparous.

References

References

  1. DENZER, WOLFGANG; PATRICK D. CAMPBELL, ULRICH MANTHEY, ANDREA GLÄSSER-TROBISCH, ANDRÉ KOCH 2020. Dragons in neglect: Taxonomic revision of the Sulawesi sailfin lizards of the genus Hydrosaurus Kaup, 1828 (Squamata, Agamidae). Zootaxa 4747 (2): 275–301
  2. "Indonesian Sailfin Dragon Species".