Gonocephalus
- Gonocephalus is also a synonym of the catfish genus Clarotes.
Gonocephalus | |
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Gonocephalus liogaster | |
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 2013, Gonocephalus contains the following 17 species:[3]
- Gonocephalus abbotti Cochran, 1922 – Abbott's crested lizard
- Gonocephalus bellii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) – Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragon
- Gonocephalus beyschlagi (Boettger, 1892) – Sumatra forest dragon
- Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1848) – Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragon
- Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768) – chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizard
- Gonocephalus doriae (W. Peters, 1871) – Doria's angle-headed lizard
- Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845) – giant forest dragon, great anglehead lizard
- Gonocephalus interruptus (Boulenger, 1885) – Boulenger's forest dragon, Mindoro anglehead
- Gonocephalus klossi (Boulenger, 1920) – Kloss's forest dragon
- Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1848)
- Gonocephalus lacunosus & , 1991 – Manthey's forest dragon
- Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872) – tropical forest dragon, blue-eyed anglehead lizard, orange-ringed anglehead lizard,
- Gonocephalus megalepis (Bleeker, 1860) – Bleeker's forest dragon
- Gonocephalus mjobergi M.A. Smith, 1925
- Gonocephalus pyrius , , , & E.N. Smith, 2021 – angle-headed dragon
- Gonocephalus semperi (W. Peters, 1867) – Mindoro forest dragon
- Gonocephalus sophiae (Gray, 1845) – Negros forest dragon
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gonocephalus.
References[]
- ^ Kaup JJ ("Caup [sic]") (1825). "Einige Bemerkungen zu Merrems Handbuch ". Isis von Oken 16: 589-593. (Gonocephalus, new genus, p. 590). (in German).
- ^ 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).
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gonocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 September 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b , , , , (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.
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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).
Categories:
- Gonocephalus
- Reptiles of Asia
- Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup
- Lizard genera