Gonocephalus beyschlagi, also known commonly as the Sumatra forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
Etymology The specific name, beyschlagi, is in honor of Fritz Beyschlag who collected the holotype.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Gonocephalus beyschlagi, p. 25).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of G. beyschlagi is forest, at altitudes below .
Description G. beyschlagi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a tail length of .de Rooij (1915).
Behavior G. beyschlagi is arboreal and diurnal.
Reproduction G. beyschlagi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Boettger O (1892). "Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien und aus Papuasien ". Bericht über die Thätigkeit des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde 1892: 65–164. (Gonyocephalus beyschlagi, new species, p. 102). (in German). Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien und Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. . (Gonocephalus beyschlagi, p. 178). (in German). de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Gonyocephalus beyschlagi, p. 105).