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Gonocephalus klossi

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Species of lizard

Gonocephalus klossi
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Gonocephalus
Species: G. klossi
Binomial name
Gonocephalus klossi
(Boulenger, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Gonyocephalus klossi
    Boulenger, 1920

Gonocephalus klossi, also known commonly as Kloss's forest dragon or Kloss' forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, klossi, is in honor of English zoologist Cecil Boden Kloss.

Geographic range

G. klossi is found in western Sumatra, where it has been recorded from the provinces of Bengkulu and Jambi.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. klossi is forest, at altitudes of 50–1,800 m (160–5,910 ft), but it may also be found in disturbed areas.

Behavior

G. klossi is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction

G. klossi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Iskandar D, Kamsi M, Riyanto A, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Gonocephalus klossi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T99929811A123638905.en. Accessed on 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ Gonocephalus klossi 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 klossi, p. 143).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1920). "Results of an Expedition to Korinchi Peak 12,400 ft, Sumatra. III. Reptiles & Batrachians collected in West Sumatra by Messrs. H.C. Robinson & C.B. Kloss". Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, Singapore 8: 285–296. ("Gonyocephalus klossi ", new species, p. 287).
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Gonocephalus klossi, p. 184). (in German).
  • Teynié A, David P, Ohler A (2010). "Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo ". Zootaxa 2416: 1–43.


Taxon identifiers
Gonocephalus klossi


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