Gonocephalus mjobergi SMITH, 1925

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Gonocephalus mjöbergi SMITH 1925: 7 Gonocephalus mjoebergi — WERMUTH 1967: 60 Gonocephalus mjoebergi — BARTS & WILMS 2003 Gonocephalus mjobergi — MALKMUS et al. 2002: 241 Gonocephalus mjobergi — DAS & YAAKOB 2007
Distribution	Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia (Sarawak) Type locality: Mount Murud (7000 feet = (2134 m elevation), Borneo.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.87, formerly BMNH 1924.8.28.8
Diagnosis
Comment	Only known from one female specimen. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after Dr. Eric Georg Mjoberg (1882-1938) was a naturalist, entomologist, ethnographer, and explorer.
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 Barts, M. & Wilms, T. 2003. Die Agamen der Welt. Draco 4 (14): 4-23 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo Das, I. 2006. A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of Borneo. New Holland Publishers, London, 144 pp. 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 Denzer, W. & Manthey, U. 2009. Remarks on the type specimen of Gonocephalus mjobergi Smith, 1925 (Sauria: Agamidae). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (4): 255–258 - get paper here Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp. Manthey, U. & W DENZER 1992. Die Echten Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Gonocephalus KAUP (Sauria: Agamidae) IV Gonocephalus mjoebergi SMITH, 1925 und Gonocephalus robinsonii BOULENGER, 1908. Sauria 14 (1): 15-19. - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1925. On a collection of reptiles and amphibians from Mt. Murud, Borneo. Sarawak Mus. J., Kuching, 8: 5-14. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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