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Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-03
Page range: 129–144
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The systematic status of Gonocephalus robinsonii Boulenger, 1908 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae)

Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Calle Rio Segura 26, 30600 Archena, Murcia, Spain.
Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Kindelbergweg 15, 12249 Berlin, Germany.
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
Reptilia Gonocephalus phylogeny cranial morphology Malayodracon gen. nov. Malayodracon robinsonii comb. nov. Dendragama boulengeri

Abstract

The generic assignment of the draconine lizard Gonocephalus robinsonii from the highlands of West-Malaysia has been uncertain since the original description. Here we present a study based on morphology, previously published karyotype data and molecular phylogenetics using 16S rRNA sequences to evaluate the systematic status of G. robinsonii. As a result we describe Malayodracon gen. nov. to accommodate the species.