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Boyd's forest dragon |
Curtain Fig National Park, Queensland Photo © Stewart Macdonald |
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Hypsilurus boydii | ||||||||
Pronunciation | HIP-sill-YOUR-uss boy'-dee-ee | |||||||
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Etymology |
Hypsilurus: 'upsilon-tail'. Upsilon ('Ï’') is the Greek letter on which the English uppercase 'Y' is based.
boydii: after W. Boyd, collector for W. Macleay.1 |
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Other names |
Northern angle-headed dragon
Gonocephalus boydii Tiaris boydii |
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Description
Well-developed nuchal and vertebral crests, discontinuous with each other in the shoulder region. Flattened, enlarged scales on rear part of jaw. Similar speciesRainforest dragon (Hypsilurus spinipes) - found in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales, and has much smaller spines on nuchal crest. Nuchal and vertebral crests are continuous with each other. |
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