Gonocephalus


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:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Gonocephalus bellii Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragonThailand, Malacca, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Indonesia, and West Malaysia
Gonocephalus beyschlagi Sumatra forest dragonSumatra, Indonesia.
Gonocephalus bornensis Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragonSabah, Kinabalu, Brunei, Sarawak and Kalimantan
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizardIndonesia and Malaysia
Gonocephalus doriae Doria's angle-headed lizardBorneo
Gonocephalus grandis giant forest dragon, great anglehead lizardThailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
Gonocephalus inauris Harvey, Sarker, Sidik, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2023Indonesia
Gonocephalus interruptus Boulenger's forest dragon, Mindoro angleheadPhilippines.
Gonocephalus klossi Kloss's forest dragonIndonesia.
Gonocephalus kuhlii Indonesia.
Gonocephalus lacunosus Manthey & Denzer, 1991Manthey's forest dragonIndonesia.
Gonocephalus liogaster tropical forest dragon, blue-eyed anglehead lizard, orange-ringed anglehead lizard,Indonesia and Malaysia.
Gonocephalus megalepis 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 Mindoro forest dragonPhilippines.
Gonocephalus sophiae Negros forest dragonPhilippines.

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