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Hydrosaurus weberi (Weber's Saiifin Lizard)

Wikipedia Abstract

Weber's sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus weberi), is an agamid lizard found in Indonesia. Specifically, it is endemic to Halmahera and Ternate Islands of Maluku. It has a life-span of between 10-15 years. H. weberi is the smallest of the three recognized species of Hydrosaurus, attaining an avg. total length between 2-3ft. Some argue that full species status (H.weberi) may be invalid and claim this agamid should be classified a subspecies of the larger H. pustulatus, Philippine Sailfin; for the purpose of this literature, H."weberi" shall remain a distinct animal. The third species, H. amboinensis, Indonesian Sailfin is the largest of the group. Although much research is still needed, it is known that this lizard is primarily omnivorous; devouring whatever animal it can overpower plus consuming
View Wikipedia Record: Hydrosaurus weberi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Hydrosaurus weberi

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Semi-aquatic

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Halmahera rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0