''Malayodracon'' is a
genus
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of
lizard
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within the
family
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Agamidae
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Overview
Phylogenetically ...
. The genus is
monotypic
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, containing the sole species ''Malayodracon robinsonii''.
[ The species, also known commonly as Robinson's anglehead lizard and Robinson's forest dragon, is ]endemic
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to Southeast Asia
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. No subspecies
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are recognized as being valid.
Etymology
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, ''robinsonii'', is in honor of British ornithologist Herbert Christopher Robinson
Herbert Christopher Robinson (4 November 1874 – 20 May 1929) was a British zoologist and ornithologist. He is principally known for conceiving and initiating the major ornithological reference ''The Birds of the Malay Peninsula''.
Robinson wa ...
.[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Gonocephalus robinsonii'', p. 223).]
Geographic range
''M. robinsonii'' is found in West Malaysia
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Habitat
The preferred habitat
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of ''M. robinsonii'' is forest
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, at altitudes of .[
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Reproduction
''M. robinsonii'' is oviparous
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References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1908). "Report on the Gunong Tahan Expedition, May–September, 1905. III. Fishes, Batrachians and Reptiles". ''Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums'' 3: 61-69 + Plates IV-V. (''Gonyocephalus robinsonii'', new species, pp. 65–66 + Plate V).
*Denzer, Wolfgang; Manthey, Ulrich; Mahlow, Kristin; Böhme, Wolfgang (2015). "The systematic status of ''Gonocephalus robinsonii'' Boulenger, 1908 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae)". ''Zootaxa'' 4039 (1): 129–144. (''Malayodracon'', new genus; ''M. robinsonii'', new combination).
*Manthey, Ulrich; Denzer, Wolfgang (1992). "''Die Echten Winkelkopfagamen der Gattung ''Gonocephalus'' Kaup (Sauria: Agamidae). IV. ''Gonocephalus mjoebergi'' Smith
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, 1925 und ''Gonocephalus robinsonii'' Boulenger, 1908'' ". ''Sauria'' 14 (1): 15–19. (in German).
Agamidae
Taxa named by Ulrich Manthey
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