Pelturagonia cephalum MOCQUARD, 1890

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mocquard's Eyebrow Lizard
Synonym	Pelturagonia cephalum MOCQUARD 1890: 130 Pelturagonia cephalum MOCQUARD 1890: 144 Japalura nigrilabris DE ROOIJ 1915 (non PETERS 1864) Phoxophrys cephalum — INGER 1960: 223 Phoxophrys cephalum — WERMUTH 1967: 74 Phoxophrys cephalum — BRYGOO 1988: 12 Phoxophrys cephalum — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 196 Phoxophrys cephalum — MALKMUS et al. 2002: 248 Phoxophrys cephalum — MANTHEY 2010 Phoxophrys cephalum — MANTHEY & DENZER 2019 Pelturagonia cephalum — HARVEY et al. 2019
Distribution	Indonesia (Borneo, Sabah), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak) Type locality: Kina Balu.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1889.0170-0171
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus): Medium-sized draconine agamids reaching a SVL of at least 84 mm and distinguished from all other Agamidae by the following combination of characters: (1) tympanum and external auditory meatus absent, extrastapes attaching to skin; (2) head robust, 77.5–98.3% as wide as long, comprising 22.5–28.4% of SVL; (3) rostral vertically divided into two or more scales; (4) prominent tubercular scale positioned below corner of jaw; (5) pair of dorsolateral caudal crests, not separated medially by vertebral crest; (6) dorsal scales heterogenous with larger tubercular scales interspersed among smaller-keeled scales, 81–115 scales around midbody; (7) alveolar portion of premaxilla relatively narrow, usually with single tooth and with premaxillary processes of mandible suturing or fusing over top of it; (8) frontal and parietal extensively sculptured, not containing pineal foramen; (9) conch of quadrate rudimentary, with wide dorsolateral triangular portion; (10) angular process of mandible large, tab-like, and vertically developed. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1116 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: BOULENGER (1891) synonymized Pelturagonia cephalum with Japalura nigrilabris. It seems that Mocquard described the (genus and) species twice in two different articles. Type species: Pelturagonia cephalum MOCQUARD 1890: 130 is the type species of the genus Pelturagonia MOCQUARD 1890. Pelturagonia was considered a synonym of Phoxophrys for decades but has been revalidated by Harvey et al. 2019. Key: Harvey et al. 2019 provide a dichotomous key and character table (Table 1) to the species of Pelturagonia. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
References	Ahmad, Norhayati; Eddie Ahmad, Mahathir Ratag, Edward Asrul Alimin Sinon, Brandon Don, Francer Francis, Muhammad Ridzuan Mahmod, Amshari Agimin, Daicus Belabut 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Imbak Canyon Study Centre and Batu Timbang Camp. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 16: 25–33 Boulenger, G. A. 1891. Remarks on the herpetological fauna of Mount Kina baloo, North Borneo. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7: 341-345 - get paper here Brygoo, E.R. 1988. Les types d’Agamidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 10 (ser. 4) A (3), suppl.: 1-56 Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo Das, I. & Yaakob, N. 2007. Status of knowledge of the Malaysian herpetofauna. In Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. in: L. S. L. Chua, L. G. Kirton & L. G. Saw (eds.), Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, pp. 31-81 Das, Indraneil 2006. Crocker Range National Park, Sabah, as a refuge for Borneo's montane herpetofauna. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 4 (1): 3-11 - get paper here Harvey, Michael B., Larson, Thorton R., Jacobs, Justin L., Shaney, Kyle, Streicher, Jeffrey W., Hamidy, Amir, Kurniawan, Nia & Smit, Eric N. 2019. Phoxophrys After 60 Years: Review of Morphology, Phylogeny, Status of Pelturagonia, and a New Species from Southeastern Kalimantan. Herpetological Monographs 33 (1): 71-107 - get paper here Inger, R. F. 1960. A review of the agamid lizards of the genus Phoxophrys HUBRECHT. Copeia 1960 (3): 221 -225. - get paper here Malkmus, R.; Manthey, U.; Vogel, G. Hoffmann, P. & Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Ganther Verlag, Rugell, 404 pp. Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp. MANTHEY, U. & DENZER, W. 2019. Rare mountain agamas of the Kinabalu Park (Sabah, North Borneo) above 900 m a.s.l. Sauria 41 (1): 2 - 12 - get paper here Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here Mocquard, F. 1890. Recherches sur la faune herpétologique des îles de Bornèo et de Palawan. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 3 (2): 115-168. - get paper here Mocquard, F. 1890. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de reptiles et de batraciens des iles Bornèo et Palawan. Le Naturaliste, Paris: 144-145. - get paper here Quah, E. S. H., Joseph, A., & Imbun, P. Y. 2024. Preliminary Survey Of The Herpetofauna Of Marai Parai–Gurkha Hut, Kota Belud, Sabah. Sabah Parks Nature Journal, 13, 126-136 - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
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