Hydrosaurus amboinensis (Schlosser, 1768)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 251

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968176

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF60-B88C-FF6B-42B57D0E0836

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Plazi

scientific name

Hydrosaurus amboinensis (Schlosser, 1768)
status

 

Hydrosaurus amboinensis (Schlosser, 1768) View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.

Sailfin Lizard

Singapore records.

Hydrosaurus amboinensis View in CoL C. Choong & Z.X. Lim, 2022: 1 ( Mandai Lake Road) .

Remarks. On 2 March 2021, an adult Hydrosaurus amboinensis was seen at a construction site along Mandai Lake Road. This species is native to the Molucca Islands in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Koch 2012), but is common in the pet trade. It is likely the specimen was abandoned by its owner.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Genus Pogona Storr, 1982 (1 species)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Hydrosaurus

Loc

Hydrosaurus amboinensis (Schlosser, 1768)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Hydrosaurus amboinensis

Lim, N. T. - L. 2022: 1
2022
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