Hypsilurus nigrigularis

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Hypsilurus

| species = nigrigularis

| authority = (Meyer, 1874)

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Hypsilurus nigrigularis is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in New Guinea.

Hypsilurus nigrigularis is hunted by the Kalam people of Papua New Guinea, and its eggs are also consumed. The Kalam consider it to be a totemic animal.

Names

It is known as aypot in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.Bulmer, RNH (1975). [http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_84_1975/Volume_84%2C_No._3/Kalam_classification_of_reptiles_and_fishes%2C_by_R._N._H._Bulmer%2C_J._I._Menzies_and_F._Parker%2C_p_267-308/p1 Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201112852/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_84_1975/Volume_84%2C_No._3/Kalam_classification_of_reptiles_and_fishes%2C_by_R._N._H._Bulmer%2C_J._I._Menzies_and_F._Parker%2C_p_267-308/p1 |date=2020-12-01 }}. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 267–308.

Behavior and habitat

Hypsilurus nigrigularis is an arboreal frugivorous agamid that feeds on the fruits of Wendlandia paniculata, Heptapleurum sp., Evodia sp., Macaranga sp., Rubus spp., and other species.

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nigrigularis

Category:Reptiles described in 1874

Category:Taxa named by Adolf Bernhard Meyer

Category:Agamid lizards of New Guinea

Category:Endemic fauna of New Guinea