Hydrosaurus
Genus of lizards
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Through Habitat destruction
In the 19th century, the genus was called Lophura, but in 1903, Poche pointed out that the name was preoccupied by a genus of pheasants. Since Günther in 1873, the Sulawesi populations were considered to belong to H. amboinensis; Denzer et al. in 2020 resurrected H. celebensis and H. microlophus, increasing the number of species from three to five.
They are the only members of the subfamily Hydrosaurinae.
Species
Currently, five species are valid according to the Reptile Database,
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