Gonocephalus beyschlagi

Gonocephalus beyschlagi
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Gonocephalus
Species:	G. beyschlagi
Binomial name
Gonocephalus beyschlagi (Boettger, 1892)
Synonyms[2]
Gonyocephalus beyschlagi Boettger, 1892 Gonocephalus beyschlagi — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997

Gonocephalus beyschlagi, also known commonly as the Sumatra forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to northern Sumatra, Indonesia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, beyschlagi, is in honor of Fritz Beyschlag who collected the holotype.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. beyschlagi is forest, at altitudes below 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Description

G. beyschlagi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11.5 cm (4.5 in), with a tail length of 28 cm (11 in).[4]

Behavior

G. beyschlagi is arboreal and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

G. beyschlagi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Kamsi M, Riyanto A, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Gonocephalus beyschlagi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T99929430A99929434.en. Accessed on 09 January 2024.
2. Gonocephalus beyschlagi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonocephalus beyschlagi, p. 25).
4. de Rooij (1915).

Further reading

• Boettger O (1892). "Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien und aus Papuasien ". Bericht über die Thätigkeit des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde 1892: 65–164. (Gonyocephalus beyschlagi, new species, p. 102). (in German).
• Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien und Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Gonocephalus beyschlagi, p. 178). (in German).
• de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Gonyocephalus beyschlagi, p. 105).