Sumatra Forest Dragon articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Indonesia (N Sumatra)
Type locality: Langkat in Deli, NE Sumatra.

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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.^[1]

The specific name, beyschlagi, is in honor of Fritz Beyschlag who collected the holotype.^[2]

G. beyschlagi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11.5 cm (4.5 in), with a tail length of 28 cm (11 in).^[3]

G. beyschlagi is oviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Gonocephalus beyschlagi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonocephalus beyschlagi, p. 25).
^ de Rooij (1915).

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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.