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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesGonocephalus doriae abbotti COCHRAN 1922
Gonocephalus doriae doriae (PETERS 1871)
Gonocephalus doriae brevis HARVEY et al. 2023 
Common NamesE: Marquis Doria’s Angle-headed Lizard, Peters' Forest Dragon, Doria’s Anglehead Lizard
G: Dorias Winkelkopfagame
E: Abbott’s Anglehead Lizard [abbotti]
G: Abbotts Winkelkopfagame [abbotti] 
SynonymGonyocephalus Doriae PETERS 1871: 570
Gonyocephalus doriae — BOULENGER 1885: 284
Gonyocephalus doriae — DE ROOIJ 1915: 100
Gonocephalus doriae — COCHRAN 1922: 2
Gonocephalus doriae — TWEEDIE 1954
Gonocephalus doriae — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 182
Gonocephalus doriae (C. abbotti) — COX et al. 1998: 95
Gonocephalus doriae doriae — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 61
Gonocephalus doriae — MANTHEY 2010
Gonocephalus doriae — HARVEY et al. 2023

Gonocephalus doriae abbotti COCHRAN 1922
Gonocephalus abbotti COCHRAN 1922: 1
Goniocephalus abbotti — TAYLOR 1963: 875
Gonocephalus abbotti — WERMUTH 1967: 56
Gonocephalus abbotti — MOODY 1980
Gonocephalus abbotti — WELCH et al. 1990
Gonocephalus doriae abbotti — DENZER & MANTHEY 2009
Gonocephalus doriae abbotti — MANTHEY 2010: 31
Gonocephalus abbotti — GRISMER et al. 2010
Gonocephalus abbotti — GRISMER & QUAH 2019
Gonocephalus doriae abbotti — HARVEY et al. 2023 
DistributionIndonesia (Borneo: Kalimantan)

Type locality: “Sarawak” [Borneo, Malaysia]

abbotti: W Malaysia (Pahang), S Thailand (Pattani, Trang, Yala); Type locality: Trang, Lower Siam (= Thailand)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 7147, MSNG 29152 (the ZMB type could not be found by DENZER et al. 1997)
Holotype: MZB 13488, Adult male, Field Tag 19378, Fig. 10) from forest trail on Seulewah Agam mountain, Aceh Besar, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 5.45318N, 95.675048E, 993 m elevation, collected at 2302 h, on 1 August 2015 by M. B. Harvey, E. Wostl, and M. Iksan. Paratypes (4).—Unsexed juvenile (MZB 13485) and adult female (UTA 66101) both from 685–971 m along forested trail at Seulewah Agam, collected 30 July 2015 by M. B. Harvey, E. Wostl, I. Fonna, E. N. Smith, G. C. Sarker, F. Akhsani, P. Thammachoti, Syaripudin, M. Ikshan. Unsexed juvenile from Gunung Batee Meucica, Aceh Besar, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 5.266078N, 95.539928E, 341 m, collected 1 August 2015 by I. Sidik, I. Fonna, P. Thammachoti, G. C. Sarker, E. N. Smith, and Syaripudin. Unsexed juvenile (UTA 66102, GenBank accession number OP070039) from near road leading from Takengon to Beutong, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 4.470468N, 96.545388E, 1023 m, collected 5 August 2015 by E. N. Smith, G. C. Sarker, and F. Akhsani. [brevis]
Holotype: USNM 24028, adult female [abbotti] 
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CommentSynonymy: Gonocephalus doriae abbotti COCHRAN 1922 has been treated as valid species by most recent authors. However, Harvey et al. 2023 suggested to treat it as subspecies of doriae. 
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