Gonocephalus

Gonocephalus is also a synonym of the catfish genus Clarotes.

Gonocephalus
Gonocephalus bellii
Scientific classification
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]

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 ^[update] , Gonocephalus contains the following 17 species: ^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Gonocephalus bellii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837)	Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragon	Thailand, Malacca, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Indonesia (Borneo), and West Malaysia
	Gonocephalus beyschlagi (Boettger, 1892)	Sumatra forest dragon	Sumatra, Indonesia.
	Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1848)	Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragon	Sabah, Kinabalu, Brunei, Sarawak and Kalimantan
	Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768)	chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizard	Indonesia and Malaysia
	Gonocephalus doriae (W. Peters, 1871)	Doria's angle-headed lizard	Borneo
	Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845)	giant forest dragon, great anglehead lizard	Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
	Gonocephalus inauris Harvey, Sarker, Sidik, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2023		Indonesia
	Gonocephalus interruptus (Boulenger, 1885)	Boulenger's forest dragon, Mindoro anglehead	Philippines.
	Gonocephalus klossi (Boulenger, 1920)	Kloss's forest dragon	Indonesia.
	Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1848)		Indonesia.
	Gonocephalus lacunosus Manthey & Denzer, 1991	Manthey's forest dragon	Indonesia.
	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 dragon	Indonesia.
	Gonocephalus mjobergi M.A. Smith, 1925		Indonesia and Malaysia.
	Gonocephalus pyrius Harvey, Reich, Riyanto, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2021	angle-headed dragon	Sumatra.
	Gonocephalus semperi (W. Peters, 1867)	Mindoro forest dragon	Philippines.
	Gonocephalus sophiae (Gray, 1845)	Negros forest dragon	Philippines.

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

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. Gonocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 May 2023.
4. 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.

Further reading

• Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-061-1. (Gonocephalus species, pp. 81–84).
• Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Genus Goniocephalus [sic], p. 157).