Gonocephalus

Gonocephalus is also a synonym of the catfish genus Clarotes.
Gonocephalus
Gonocephalus liogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Gonocephalus
Kaup, 1825[1]
Synonyms

Agama (part), Arua, Coryphophylax, Dilophyrus, Galeotes, Goniocephalus [sic], Gonyocephalus [sic], Hypsilurus, Iguana (part), Lophosteus, Lophyrus, Tiaris[2][3]

Gonocephalus is a genus of lizards endemic to southeast Asia.[4]

Taxonomy

Species from Melanesia and Australia which were formerly included in Gonocephalus are now placed in the genus Hypsilurus.[4] Furthermore, genetic data suggest that Gonocephalus robinsonii is only distantly related to other Gonocephalus, rendering the genus non-monophyletic.[4][5]

Conservation status

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed five Gonocephalus species; one of them (Gonocephalus grandis) is classified as of "Least Concern", whereas the other four are "Data Deficient".[6]

Species

As of 2013, Gonocephalus contains the following 17 species:[3]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gonocephalus.

References

  1. Kaup JJ ("Caup"). 1825. "Einige Bemerkungen zu Merrems Handbuch". Isis von Oken 16: 589-593. (Genus Gonocephalus, p. 590).
  2. Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I- XXIV. (Genus Gonyocephalus [sic], p. 282).
  3. 1 2 Gonocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. 1 2 3 Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Sengoku, S.; Yong, H. S.; Hikida, T. (2002). "Molecular Evaluation of Phylogenetic Significances in the Highly Divergent Karyotypes of the Genus Gonocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Tropical Asia". Zoological Science 19 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2108/zsj.19.129. PMID 12025399.
  5. Pyron, R.; Burbrink, F. T.; Wiens, J. J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 93. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
  6. IUCN (2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1". Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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