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Calotes megapogon Dumeril & Bibron 1837

Creators

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • 2. Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Calle Rio Segura 26, 30600 Archena / Murcia, Spain.

Description

Calotes megapogon Duméril & Bibron, 1837: 419

= Hypsilurus megapogon (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Syntypes: RMNH. RENA.3048, male, Lobo, New Guinea, coll. Müller 1828; RMNH. RENA.3049, male, same locality assumed, coll. Müller & Macklot 1828.

Type locality: “im hohen Wald“ [in the high (primary) forest]) near Lobo, Triton Bay, New Guinea

Remarks: The type status and nomenclature of the Naturalis specimens of Calotes megapogon are discussed in detail in Denzer & Dondorp (2023b). Briefly, the name Calotes megapogon was published as a synonym of Lophyrus dilophus (comb. nov. pro Tiaris dilophus Duméril & Bibron, 1836) by Duméril & Bibron (1837). In a later publication by Gray (1845) made the name megapogon available for nomenclatural purposes in accordance with Art. 11.6.1 of the Code (IZCN 1999) in the new combination Tiaris megapogon. Comparison of the Naturalis specimens with the holotype by monotypy of Tiaris dilophus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 revealed that they belong to different genera (Denzer & Dondorp 2023b). Tiaris dilophus belongs to the genus Lophosaurus Fitzinger, current name Lophosaurus dilophus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836), while Calotes megapogon is a member of the genus Hypsilurus Peters related to the species Hypsilurus auritus (Meyer, 1874) and Hypsilurus spinosus (Duméril & Duméril, 1851). The latter two species were shown to be conspecific and synonymized with Hypsilurus megapogon which constitutes the oldest available and therefore the applicable name for the taxon.

Notes

Published as part of Dondorp, Esther & Denzer, Wolfgang, 2024, Annotated catalogue of acrodont lizard types in the collection of the Naturalis Biodiverstity Center (Squamata: Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae), pp. 65-79 in Zootaxa 5403 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10561558

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Identifiers

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0387E3417C3DFFCE74C8CB74CC1FEA75

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.4 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10561558 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/0387E3417C3DFFCE74C8CB74CC1FEA75 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/220923041 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
RMNH, RENA
Family
Agamidae
Genus
Calotes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Dumeril & Bibron
Species
megapogon
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Calotes megapogon Dumeril, 1837 sec. Dondorp & Denzer, 2024

References

  • Dumeril, A. M. C. & Bibron, G. (1837) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopedique Roret, Paris, 570 pp.
  • Denzer, W. & Dondorp, E. (2023 b) Calotes megapogon (Squamata, Agamidae, Draconinae): nomenclatural and taxonomic ramifications of the naming of an undescribed species. Bionomina, 32 (1), 29 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / bionomina. 32.1.3
  • Gray, J. E. (1845) Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum Natural History, London, 289 pp.
  • Dumeril, [A.] M. C. & Dumeril, A. [H. A.] (1851) Catalogue methodique de la collection des Reptiles du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry / Roret, Paris, 224 pp.