Gonocephalus klossi

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Iskandar D, Kamsi M, Riyanto A, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Gonocephalus klossi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T99929811A123638905.en. Accessed on 24 September 2024.

| genus = Gonocephalus

| species = klossi

| authority = (Boulenger, 1920)

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| synonyms = *Gonyocephalus [sic] klossi
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Gonocephalus klossi, also known commonly as Kloss's forest dragon or Kloss' forest dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Gonocephalus|species=klossi|accessdate=28 April 2021}} The species is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, klossi, is in honor of English zoologist Cecil Boden Kloss.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 klossi, p. 143).

Geographic range

G. klossi is found in western Sumatra, where it has been recorded from the provinces of Bengkulu and Jambi.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. klossi is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|50|–|1,800|m|ft}}, but it may also be found in disturbed areas.

Behavior

G. klossi is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction

G. klossi is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1920). "Results of an Expedition to Korinchi Peak 12,400 ft, Sumatra. III. Reptiles & Batrachians collected in West Sumatra by Messrs. H.C. Robinson & C.B. Kloss". Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, Singapore 8: 285–296. ("Gonyocephalus [sic] klossi ", new species, p. 287).
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. {{ISBN|978-3931587123}}. (Gonocephalus klossi, p. 184). (in German).
  • Teynié A, David P, Ohler A (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.

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Category:Gonocephalus

Category:Reptiles of Indonesia

Category:Reptiles described in 1920

Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger

Category:Fauna of Sumatra

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