Gonocephalus is also a synonym of the catfish genus Clarotes.
Gonocephalus is a genus of agamid lizards endemic to southeast Asia.
Taxonomy Species from Melanesia and Australia which were formerly included in Gonocephalus are now placed in the genus Hypsilurus.
Species , Gonocephalus contains the following 17 species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Gonocephalus bellii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragon Thailand, Malacca, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Indonesia (Borneo), and West Malaysia Gonocephalus beyschlagi (Boettger, 1892) Sumatra forest dragon Sumatra, Indonesia. Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1848) Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragonSabah, Kinabalu, Brunei, Sarawak and Kalimantan Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768) chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizardIndonesia and Malaysia Gonocephalus doriae (W. Peters, 1871) Doria's angle-headed lizard Borneo Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845) giant forest dragon, great anglehead lizardThailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar. Gonocephalus inauris Harvey, Sarker, Sidik, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2023 Indonesia Gonocephalus interruptus (Boulenger, 1885) Boulenger's forest dragon, Mindoro anglehead Philippines. Gonocephalus klossi (Boulenger, 1920) Kloss's forest dragonIndonesia. Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1848) Indonesia. Gonocephalus lacunosus Manthey & Denzer, 1991 Manthey's forest dragon Indonesia. Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872) tropical forest dragon, blue-eyed anglehead lizard, orange-ringed anglehead lizard,Indonesia and Malaysia. Gonocephalus megalepis (Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker's forest dragon Indonesia. Gonocephalus mjobergi M.A. Smith, 1925 Indonesia and Malaysia. Gonocephalus pyrius Harvey, Reich, Riyanto, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2021 angle-headed dragonSumatra. Gonocephalus semperi (W. Peters, 1867) Mindoro forest dragonPhilippines. Gonocephalus sophiae (Gray, 1845) Negros forest dragonPhilippines. Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gonocephalus.
References
Further reading
Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (Gonocephalus species, pp. 81–84). Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Genus Goniocephalus [sic], p. 157).