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Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus
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G. chamaeleontinus
Binomial name
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus

Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus is an agamid lizard from Indonesia and Malaysia.

Description

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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

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  • 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
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  • 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