Gonocephalus
Genus of lizards
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::summary Genus of lizards ::
:Gonocephalus is also a synonym of the catfish genus Clarotes. | image = Gonocephalus bellii.jpg | image_caption = Gonocephalus bellii | taxon = Gonocephalus | authority = Kaup, 1825 | synonyms = Agama (part), Arua, Coryphophylax, Dilophyrus, Galeotes, Goniocephalus [sic], Gonyocephalus [sic], Hypsilurus, Iguana (part), Lophosteus, Lophyrus, Tiaris
Gonocephalus is a genus of agamid lizards endemic to southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
Species from Melanesia and Australia which were formerly included in Gonocephalus are now placed in the genus Hypsilurus.
Species
, Gonocephalus contains the following 17 species: ::data[format=table]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Gonocephalus bellii, Bell's anglehead lizard - Bang Lang National Park (50769354483).jpg | 120px]] | Gonocephalus bellii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) | Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragon |
| Gonocephalus beyschlagi (Boettger, 1892) | Sumatra forest dragon | Sumatra, Indonesia. | |
| [[File:Borneo Forest Dragon (Gonocephalus bornensis) (8423411251).jpg | 120px]] | Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1848) | Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragon |
| [[File:Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus 01.jpg | 120px]] | Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768) | chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizard |
| [[File:Gonocephalus doriae 179837453.jpg | 120px]] | Gonocephalus doriae (W. Peters, 1871) | Doria's angle-headed lizard |
| [[File:Gonocephalus grandis (male) - Betong District, Yala Province (50769354338).jpg | 120px]] | Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845) | giant forest dragon, great anglehead lizard |
| 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. | |
| [[File:Bunglon hijau.jpg | 120px]] | Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1848) | |
| Gonocephalus lacunosus Manthey & Denzer, 1991 | Manthey's forest dragon | Indonesia. | |
| [[File:Blue-eyed Anglehead Lizard (Gonocephalus liogaster) male (Photo by Xavier MALLERET) (24457352616).jpg | 120px]] | Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872) | tropical forest dragon, blue-eyed anglehead lizard, orange-ringed anglehead lizard, |
| 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. | |
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gonocephalus.
References
References
- [[Johann Jakob Kaup. Kaup JJ]] ("Caup [sic]") (1825). "''Einige Bemerkungen zu Merrems Handbuch'' ". ''Isis von Oken'' '''16''': 589-593. (''Gonocephalus'', new genus, p. 590). (in German).
- [[George Albert Boulenger. 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).
- [[species:Masanao Honda. (2002). "Molecular Evaluation of Phylogenetic Significances in the Highly Divergent Karyotypes of the Genus ''Gonocephalus'' (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Tropical Asia". Zoological Science.
- {{NRDB genus
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