Gonocephalus kuhlii

Gonocephalus kuhlii
G. kuhlii on a tree trunk in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Gonocephalus
Species:	G. kuhlii
Binomial name
Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1851)
Synonyms[2]
Lophyrus kuhlii Schlegel, 1851 Gonyocephalus kuhlii — Boulenger, 1885 Gonyocephalus kuhli — de Rooij, 1915 Gonocephalus kuhlii — Manthey & Denzer, 1993

Gonocephalus kuhlii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[2] The species is native to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, kuhlii, is in honor of German ornithologist Heinrich Kuhl.[3]

Geographic range

Within Indonesia, G. kuhlii is found on the islands Java and Sumatra.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. kuhlii is forest, at altitudes of 700–1,200 m (2,300–3,900 ft).[1]

Behavior

G. kuhlii is arboreal and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

G. kuhlii is oviparous.[2] The usual clutch size is four eggs.[1]

References

1. Iskandar, D.; Kamsi, M. (2021). "Gonocephalus kuhlii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T99930252A99930320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T99930252A99930320.en. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
2. Gonocephalus kuhlii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011).The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonocephalus kuhli [sic], p. 147).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonyocephalus kuhlii, new combination, p. 286).
• de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Gonyocephalus kuhli, pp. 101–102).
• Manthey U, Denzer W (1993). "Die Echten Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Gonocephalus KAUP (Sauria: Agamidae) VI. Die chamaeleontinus-Gruppe". Sauria 15 (2): 23–38. (in German, with an abstract in English).
• Schlegel H (1851). "Descriptions de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de genre Lophyrus". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 1: 4–6 + three unnumbered plates. (Lophyrus kuhlii, new species, p. 5 + plate [two]). (in French).