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Hypsilurus auritus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Hypsilurus
Species:	H. auritus
Binomial name
Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874)

Hypsilurus auritus is a species of agama found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is also distributed along adjacent islands to Papua new Guinea (mostly along southern coasts). Morphological Characteristics of this organism are that tey have 1 scale between nasal and first supralabial

The main characteristic of this species is their color – the dorsal side should display colors of green and brown with/or turquoise shadings.

- Hypsilurus auritus should not be confused with the species Lophyrus spinosus (similar organisms but very distinct morphological characteristics in comparison)

References

1. Oliver, P.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Hypsilurus auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22528817A22528822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22528817A22528822.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Hypsilurus auritus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
3. https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/49023/

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Hypsilurus
• Taxa named by Adolf Bernhard Meyer
• Reptiles described in 1874
• Agamid lizards of New Guinea
• Agamidae stubs