Harpesaurus

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Harpesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Indonesia. Each of the 6 species are known from at most only a few specimens.

Geographic range

Species of the genus Harpesaurus are found on the Greater Sunda Islands.

Habitat

The natural habitat of lizards of the genus Harpesaurus is forests.

Species

Six species are recognized as being valid. The species formerly known as H. thescelorhinos King, 1978 is a synonym of H. borneensis. The Sumatran species H. modiglianii was previously known only from the type specimen, collected in 1891, but was found again in 2018. Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Harpesaurus.

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