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Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Gonocephalus
Species:	G. chamaeleontinus
Binomial name
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus Laurenti, 1825

Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus is an agamid lizard from Indonesia and Malaysia.

Description

This plate from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904) shows Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus in the upper right.

This species lives in a humid tropical environment, in the forests of central Java. It is a species of around 22–25 cm, and quite territorial. The lifestyle is close to that of the chameleons. The females are green, with the males bluer, with yellow touches.

References

• Laurenti, 1768 : Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, pp 1–217

External links

• Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
• "Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus Laurenti, 1768". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus, at Animal Diversity Web

Category:Squamata Category:Agamidae

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