Gonocephalus megalepis (BLEEKER, 1860)
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Bleeker's Forest Dragon |
Synonym | Lophyrus megalepis BLEEKER 1860: 327 Tiaris tuberculatus GÜNTHER 1872 (fide BOULENGER 1887) Gonyocephalus tuberculatus — BOULENGER 1885: 291 Gonyocephalus megalepis — BOULENGER 1887: 152 Gonyocephalus megalepis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 107 Gonocephalus megalepis — WERMUTH 1967: 60 Gonocephalus megalepis — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 188 Gonocephalus megalepis — TEYNIÉ et al. 2010 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Sumatra)
Type locality: Agam, Sumatra.
Type locality: “East Indian Archipelago” [Tiaris tuberculatus]
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.21, male, (= holotype of Tiaris tuberculatus), Dr. Bleeker, apparently also the holotype of megalepis (fide W. Denzer, pers. comm., 18 June 2019) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy mostly after WERMUTH 1967. |
References |
- Bleeker, P. 1860. Reptilien van Agam. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, Batavia, 20: 325-329 - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Note on some reptiles from Sumatra described by BLEEKER in 1860. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 152 - get paper here
- de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
- Günther, A. 1872. On the reptiles and amphibians of Borneo. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872: 586-600. - get paper here
- Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp.
- Manthey U; Denzer W 1991. Die Echten Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Gonocephalus Kaup (Sauria: Agamidae). 1. Die megalepis-Gruppe mit Gonocephalus lacunosus sp. n. aus Nord-Sumatra. Sauria 13 (1): 3-10 - get paper here
- Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here
- TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
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