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Borneo Anglehead Lizard 23 Sep, 2015. Body length up to 13 cm, plus tail 40 cm. Males of the species are brownish in colour with pale flecks, and are paler ventrally. They possess an unmistakable and well developed comb-like crest of spines which extends along the vertebral line from the neck to the base of the tail. Females are green or brownish with a complex pattern of rounded cell-like blotches separated by dark grey .The crest is much reduced in females. In both sexes the throat pouch is pale. Seen during a night walk in the Sepilok Orangutan rehabilitation center. Sabah. Borneo Anglehead Lizard,Fall,Geotagged,Gonocephalus bornensis,Malaysia,borneo,lizad,malaysia,reptile Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Borneo Anglehead Lizard

23 Sep, 2015. Body length up to 13 cm, plus tail 40 cm. Males of the species are brownish in colour with pale flecks, and are paler ventrally. They possess an unmistakable and well developed comb-like crest of spines which extends along the vertebral line from the neck to the base of the tail. Females are green or brownish with a complex pattern of rounded cell-like blotches separated by dark grey .The crest is much reduced in females. In both sexes the throat pouch is pale. Seen during a night walk in the Sepilok Orangutan rehabilitation center. Sabah.

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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.

Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Apr 3, 2016. Captured Sep 23, 2015 12:36 in Jalan Sepilok, Sepilok, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • SP-100EE
  • f/5.7
  • 10/500s
  • ISO400
  • 30.4mm