Gonocephalus

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Gonocephalus is also a synonym of the catfish genus Clarotes.

Gonocephalus
Tiaris liogaster.jpg
Gonocephalus liogaster
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Gonocephalus
Kaup, 1825 [1]
Synonyms

Agama (part), Arua, Coryphophylax, Dilophyrus, Galeotes, Goniocephalus [sic], Gonyocephalus [sic], Hypsilurus, Iguana (part), Lophosteus, Lophyrus, Tiaris [2] [3]

Contents

Gonocephalus is a genus of agamid lizards endemic to southeast Asia. [4]

Taxonomy

Species from Melanesia and Australia which were formerly included in Gonocephalus are now placed in the genus Hypsilurus . [4]

Species

As of 2023, Gonocephalus contains the following 17 species: [3]

ImageScientific NameCommon NameDistribution
Gonocephalus bellii, Bell's anglehead lizard - Bang Lang National Park (50769354483).jpg Gonocephalus bellii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837)Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragonThailand, Malacca, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Indonesia (Borneo), and West Malaysia
Gonocephalus beyschlagi (Boettger, 1892)Sumatra forest dragonSumatra, Indonesia.
Borneo Forest Dragon (Gonocephalus bornensis) (8423411251).jpg Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1848)Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragonSabah, Kinabalu, Brunei, Sarawak and Kalimantan
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus 01.jpg Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768)chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizardIndonesia and Malaysia
Gonocephalus doriae 179837453.jpg Gonocephalus doriae (W. Peters, 1871)Doria's angle-headed lizardBorneo
Gonocephalus grandis (male) - Betong District, Yala Province (50769354338).jpg Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845)giant forest dragon, great anglehead lizardThailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
Gonocephalus inauris Harvey, Sarker, Sidik, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2023Indonesia
Gonocephalus interruptus (Boulenger, 1885)Boulenger's forest dragon, Mindoro angleheadPhilippines.
Gonocephalus klossi (Boulenger, 1920)Kloss's forest dragonIndonesia.
Bunglon hijau.jpg Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1848)Indonesia.
Gonocephalus lacunosus Manthey & Denzer, 1991Manthey's forest dragonIndonesia.
Blue-eyed Anglehead Lizard (Gonocephalus liogaster) male (Photo by Xavier MALLERET) (24457352616).jpg Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872)tropical forest dragon, blue-eyed anglehead lizard, orange-ringed anglehead lizard,Indonesia and Malaysia.
Gonocephalus megalepis (Bleeker, 1860)Bleeker's forest dragonIndonesia.
Gonocephalus mjobergi M.A. Smith, 1925Indonesia and Malaysia.
Gonocephalus pyrius Harvey, Reich, Riyanto, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2021angle-headed dragonSumatra.
Gonocephalus semperi (W. Peters, 1867)Mindoro forest dragonPhilippines.
Gonocephalus sophiae (Gray, 1845)Negros forest dragonPhilippines.

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gonocephalus.

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References

  1. Kaup JJ ("Caup [sic]") (1825). "Einige Bemerkungen zu Merrems Handbuch ". Isis von Oken16: 589-593. (Gonocephalus, new genus, p. 590). (in German).
  2. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Gonyocephalus [sic], p. 282).
  3. 1 2 Gonocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 Honda M, Ota H, Sengoku S, Yong HS, Hikida T (2002). "Molecular Evaluation of Phylogenetic Significances in the Highly Divergent Karyotypes of the Genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Tropical Asia". Zoological Science. 19 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2108/zsj.19.129. hdl: 2241/104127 . PMID   12025399. S2CID   38549668.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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