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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 was described in 1878 by Franz Steindachner. [6] The genus name Lanthanotus means "hidden ear" and the species name borneensis refers to its home island of Borneo. [7] The uniqueness of the species was immediately recognized and Steindachner placed it in its own family, Lanthanotidae.
Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragon: Sabah, Kinabalu, Brunei, Sarawak and Kalimantan Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768) chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizard: Indonesia and Malaysia Gonocephalus doriae (W. Peters, 1871) Doria's angle-headed lizard: Borneo Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845)
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.
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]
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 word ورل waral [Standard Arabic] / ورر warar [colloquially] / ورن waran [colloquially], from a common Semitic root ouran, waran, warar or waral, meaning "lizard beast". [3] In English, they are known as "monitors" or "monitor lizards". The earlier term "monitory lizard" became rare by ...
The scientific name Crocodilus (Gavialis) schlegelii was proposed by Salomon Müller in 1838 who described a specimen collected in Borneo. [12] In 1846, he proposed to use the name Tomistoma schlegelii , if it needs to be placed in a distinct genus .