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Gonocephalus kuhlii

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Species of lizard

Gonocephalus kuhlii
G. kuhlii on a tree trunk in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (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. kuhlii
Binomial name
Gonocephalus kuhlii
(Schlegel, 1851)
Synonyms
  • 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. The species is native to Indonesia.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

Within Indonesia, G. kuhlii is found on the islands Java and Sumatra.

Habitat

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

Behavior

G. kuhlii is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction

G. kuhlii is oviparous. The usual clutch size is four eggs.

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 , 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 ). (in French).
Taxon identifiers
Gonocephalus kuhlii


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