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Gonocephalus bellii (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bell's Forest Dragon, Bell's Anglehead Lizard
G: Blaukehl-Winkelkopfagame 
SynonymLophyrus Bellii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 416
Lophyrus bornensis SCHLEGEL 1851 (part. ?)
Gonyocephalus bellii — BOULENGER 1885: 288
Gonyocephalus borneensis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 106
Gonocephalus borneensis — SMITH 1930: 24
Gonocephalus bellii — WERMUTH 1967: 57
Gonocephalus bellii — BRYGOO 1988: 8
Gonocephalus bellii — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 177
Gonocephalus bellii — COX et al. 1998: 94
Gonocephalus bellii — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 57
Gonocephalus bellii — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 89
Gonocephalus bellii — GRISMER 2011
Gonocephalus bellii — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 
DistributionThailand (between Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat), Malacca, Perak, Pahang , Selangor , Indonesia (Borneo), West Malaysia (incl. Pulau Pangkor, Pinang)

Type locality: Bengale.
Type locality: Borneo [Lophyrus borneensis].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 6897 
Diagnosis 
CommentGonocephalus bellii is listed as a synonym of G. bornenis by MALKMUS et al. 2002. 
EtymologyNamed after Thomas Bell (1792-1880), a British naturalist and dental surgeon who worked at Guy's Hospital, London (1816-1860). He became Professor of Zoology at King's College (1834) and described many ofthe reptiles Darwin collected. He was a friend ofGray and President of the Linnean Society (Beolens et al. 2011).  
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