Hypsilurus bruijnii

Hypsilurus bruijnii
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Hypsilurus
Species:	H. bruijnii
Binomial name
	Hypsilurus bruijnii; (W. Peters & Doria, 1878)
Synonyms
	Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) bruijnii ; W. Peters & Doria, 1878; Gonyocephalus bruijnii ; — Boulenger, 1885; Hypsilurus bruijnii ; — Bauer, R. Günther & Klipfel, 1999;

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.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bruijnii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Anton August Bruijn.^[3]

The natural habitat of H. bruijnii is rainforest.^[1]

Medium-sized for its genus,^[2] H. bruijnii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13 cm (5.1 in), with a tail length of 45 cm (18 in).^[4]

H. bruijnii is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Allison, A.; Oliver, P.; Shea, G.; Tallowin, O.; Austin, C.C. (2015). "Hypsilurus bruijnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T170402A21644283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T170402A21644283.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hypsilurus bruijnii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hypsilurus bruijnii, p. 41).
^ 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).