Harpesaurus brooksi is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Harpesaurus |
| Species: | H. brooksi
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| Binomial name | |
| Harpesaurus brooksi Parker, 1924
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Etymology edit
The specific name, brooksi, is in honor of British metallurgical chemist Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and Sumatra.[2]
Description edit
H. brooksi has a single cylindrical "horn" on its nose.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Harpesaurus brooksi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 September 2020.
- ^ 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. (Thaumatorhynchus brooksi, p. 40).
Further reading edit
- Parker HW (1924). "Description of a new Agamid Lizard from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 14: 624–625. (Thaumatorhynchus brooksi, new species).
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