Biology:Gonocephalus kuhlii
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Short description: Species of lizard
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| G. kuhlii on a tree trunk in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Gonocephalus |
| Species: | G. kuhlii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1851)
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Gonocephalus kuhlii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[1] The species is native to Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, kuhlii, is in honor of German ornithologist Heinrich Kuhl.[2]
Geographic range
Within Indonesia, G. kuhlii is found on the islands Java and Sumatra.[3][1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. kuhlii is forest, at altitudes of 700–1,200 m (2,300–3,900 ft).[3]
Behavior
G. kuhlii is arboreal and diurnal.[3]
Reproduction
G. kuhlii is oviparous.[1] The usual clutch size is four eggs.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gonocephalus kuhlii 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 kuhli [sic], p. 147).
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonyocephalus kuhlii, new combination, p. 286).
- de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Gonyocephalus kuhli, pp. 101–102).
- Manthey U, Denzer W (1993). "Die Echten Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung Gonocephalus KAUP (Sauria: Agamidae) VI. Die chamaeleontinus-Gruppe". Sauria 15 (2): 23–38. (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Schlegel H (1851). "Descriptions de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de genre Lophyrus". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 1: 4–6 + three unnumbered plates. (Lophyrus kuhlii, new species, p. 5 + plate [two]). (in French).
Wikidata ☰ Q3110557 entry
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