Amboina sailfin lizard
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The Amboina sailfin lizard uses its tail to swim through water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Amboina sailfin lizard
- Scientific name
- Hydrosaurus amboinensis
- Japanese name
- アンボイナホカケトカゲ
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Hydrosaurus
A sail-like crest runs from its hips onto its tail, and this gave it its Japanese name.
How the Amboina sailfin lizard lives
It lives in trees beside water in tropical rainforests.
栃木県なかがわ水遊園Basic data
- Range
- Indonesia and New Guinea
Where the Amboina sailfin lizard has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アンボイナホカケトカゲ
- 简体中文
- 巨人斑帆蜥
- 繁體中文
- 巨人斑帆蜥
- Español
- Hidrosaurio malayo
- Deutsch
- Ambon-Segelechse
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Soa-soa
- Русский
- Молуккская парусная ящерица
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アンボイナホカケトカゲChecked: 2026-11-04
- 栃木県なかがわ水遊園 — アンボイナホカケトカゲChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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