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Gonocephalus bornensis, the Borneo anglehead lizard or Borneo forest dragon, is an agamid lizard endemic to Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia, and known from Sabah, Kinabalu, Brunei, Sarawak and Kalimantan.
The earless monitor lizard is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it is known from Sarawak in East Malaysia, as well as West and North Kalimantan in Indonesia. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Until late 2012, its known range in North Kalimantan was a part of East Kalimantan . [ 17 ]
Scientific Name Common Name Distribution Gonocephalus bellii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragon: Thailand, Malacca, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Indonesia (Borneo), and West Malaysia Gonocephalus beyschlagi (Boettger, 1892) Sumatra forest dragon: Sumatra, Indonesia. Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1848)
A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Ophisaurus buettikoferi, p. 88). Lidth de Jeude TW (1905). "Zoological results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central-Borneo. The Reptiles. Part I. Lizards". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 187–202.
The generic name Varanus is derived from the Arabic waral (ورل), which translates as "monitor". The specific name is the Latin word for "saviour", denoting a possible religious connotation. [2] The water monitor is occasionally confused with the crocodile monitor (V. salvadorii) because of their similar scientific names. [3]
Lizards of Borneo: A Pocket Guide. Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Natural History Publications. 89 pp. ISBN 978-9838120807. ("Sphenomorphus buettikoferi [sic]"). Lidth de Jeude TW (1905). "Zoological results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central Borneo. — The Reptiles". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 187–202.
Das, Indraneil (2004).Lizards of Borneo: A Pocket Guide.Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Natural History Publications. 89 pp. ISBN 978-9838120807. Das, Indraneil (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo.
Lizard. 105 species of lizards, in 35 genera from 9 families, are now known from Borneo. The reticulated python is the largest python in the world, and the longest snake in the world. This reptile can have a size of 6 metres (20 ft) or more. The longer snakes have a size of 10 metres (33 ft).