Harpesaurus beccarii, also known commonly as the Sumatra nose-horned lizard or the Sumatran nose-horned lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.
Etymology The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Harpesaurus beccarii, p. 21).
Description H. beccarii may attain a snout-to-vent length of (not including the rostral appendage), and a tail length of . The rostral appendage, which measures , is double, consisting of a longer anterior "horn" and a shorter posterior "horn". The body is bluish green dorsally.de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E. J. Brill Ltd. xiv + 384 pp. (Harpesaurus beccarii, pp. 97–98, Figure 49).
Reproduction H. beccarii is oviparous.
References
Further reading Böhme W (1989). "Rediscovery of the Sumatran agamid lizard Harpesaurus beccarii Doria 1888, with the first notes on a live specimen". Tropical Zoology 2: 31–35. Doria G (1888). "Note erpetologiche. I. Alcuni nuovi sauri raccolti in Sumatra dal D.re O. Beccari ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 6: 646–652 + Plate VIII. (Harpesaurus beccarii, new species, pp. 646–648 + Plate VIII, figure 2). (in Italian). Manthey U (1990). "Das Portrait: Harpesaurus beccarii Doria ". Sauria 12 (3): 1–2. (in German).