Black sailfin dragon for sale

The black sailfin dragon for sale  (Hydrosaurus celebensis) is a species of agamid native to Indonesia. It is the second largest species of sailfin dragon, with only the Sulawesi giant sailfin dragon being larger, exceeding 1000 mm in total length, possibly 1200 mm.

Head, neck, gular region and shoulder completely black; a row of enlarged flat, sometimes conical scales on either side of the neck; nuchal and dorsal crests continuous; a group of dirty white enlarged flat scales on the anterior part of the dorsum; few (<10) additional enlarged scales approximately at midbody and before the hindlimbs.

Dorsal colouration is typically yellowish, sometimes dark orange, interspersed with black spots; ventrally beige, limbs black with a few yellow spots; scales under fourth and fifth toes are broad with several keels from near the base of the toe; tail black, sail black or dark violet with black stripes.

Hydrosaurus pustulatus was first described as Istiturus pustulatus in 1829 by the Baltic German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz. The specimens were collected from Luzon, Philippines, by Eschscholtz during the circumnavigational voyage of the Imperial Russian expeditionary ship Predpriaetie from 1823 to 1826. It is one of five species currently recognized under the genus Hydrosaurus, the sailfin dragons, and the only species found in the Philippines (the other species are native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

Black sailfin dragon for sale is highly variable in terms of coloration and scale patterns across geographic populations. A genetic study in 2014 has discovered that H. pustulatus is divided into six distinct genetic clusters. The most divergent of the group are the populations in Aurora, Luzon and the Polillo Islands.