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Malayodracon robinsonii (BOULENGER, 1908)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Robinson's Forest Dragon, Robinson's Anglehead Lizard
G: Robinsons Winkelkopfagame 
SynonymGonyocephalus robinsonii BOULENGER 1908: 65
Gonocephalus robinsonii — SMEDLEY 1931: 110
Goniocephalus robinsoni — SMITH 1935: 133
Goniocephalus robinsoni — SLY 1976: 156
Gonocephalus robinsonii — WERMUTH 1967: 60
Gonocephalus robinsonii — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 189
Gonocephalus robinsonii — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 65
Gonocephalus robinsonii — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 102
Gonocephalus robinsonii — GRISMER 2011
Malayodracon robinsonii — DENZER et al. 2015 
DistributionWest Malaysia, Selangor, Pahang

Type locality: Summit of Gunong Tahan (5200 feet elevation), Selangor.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.14.81 (previously BMNH 1906.2.28.8) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Medium sized lizard; males: SVL 115–158 mm, TL 285–320 mm; females: SVL 115–132 mm, TL 290–300 mm (type specimen, male, SVL 152 mm, TL 320 mm), TL up to 2.6 times SVL; body triangular in cross-section; no patagia; head large, elongated and pointed; bony protuberances on the occipital region; sharp canthus rostralis and rounded superciliary edge; tympanum exposed; antehumeral fold present, transverse gular fold absent; large gular sac; nuchal and dorsal crest continuous; no preanal or femoral pores. 
CommentType species: Gonyocephalus robinsonii BOULENGER 1908: 65 is the type species of the genus Malayodracon DENZER et al. 2015.

For a comparison of Malayodracon to other draconine genera see DENZER et al. 2015.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyThe species is named after the collector of the types, H.C. Robinson. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1908. Report on the Gunong Tahan expedition, May - Sept. 1905.111. Fishes, batrachians and reptiles. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus., Singapore, 3: 61-69. - get paper here
  • Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann,W.; Gumprecht,A. & Schulz,K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp. [book review in Russ. J Herp. 7: 87] - get paper here
  • DENZER, WOLFGANG; ULRICH MANTHEY, KRISTIN MAHLOW & WOLFGANG BÖHME 2015. The systematic status of Gonocephalus robinsonii Boulenger, 1908 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). Zootaxa 4039 (1): 129–144 - get paper here
  • Goldberg, Stephen R. and L. Lee Grismer. 2014. Gonocephalus robinsonii (Robinson's anglehead lizard) reproduction. Herpetological Review 45 (4): 696-697 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; & EVAN S. H. QUAH 2019. An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos. Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. 2011. Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their adjacent archipelagos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 728 pp. [review in Herp. Rev. 43: 155] - 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
  • 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
  • Manthey,U. & SCHUSTER,N. 1999. Agamen, 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp. - get paper here
  • Smedley, N. 1932. Amphibians and reptiles from the Cameron Highlands, Malay Peninsula. Bull. Raffles Mus. 6: 105 - 123 [1931] - 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
  • Welton, Luke J.;Cameron D. Siler, L. L. Grismer, Arvin C. Diesmos, Jack W. Sites andRafe M. Brown 2016. Archipelago-wide survey of Philippine forest dragons (Agamidae: Gonocephalus): multilocus phylogeny uncovers unprecedented levels of genetic diversity in a biodiversity hotspot. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, DOI: 10.1111/bij.12878 - get paper here
 
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