Malaysian Sail-finned Lizard
- Malaysian Sail-finned Lizard
Taxobox
name = Hydrosaurus amboinensis
image_caption = Head of a "hydrosaurus amboinensis" at the Houston Zoo
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Agamidae
subfamilia = Agaminae
genus = "Hydrosaurus"
species = "H. amboinensis"
binomial = "Hydrosaurus amboinensis"
binomial_authority = (Schlosser, 1768)
The Malaysian Sail-finned Lizard ("Hydrosaurus amboinensis") is the largest agamid lizard in the world, growing to over 1 m in length. This lizard is able to run short distances across water using both its feet and tail for support - an ability shared with the plumed basilisk.
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