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and Australia which were formerly included in ''Gonocephalus'' are now placed in the genus '' Hypsilurus''.

Species

, ''Gonocephalus'' contains the following 17 species: *'' Gonocephalus abbotti'' Cochran, 1922 – Abbott's crested lizard *'' Gonocephalus bellii'' ( A.M.C. Duméril &

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, 1837) – Bell's anglehead lizard, Bell's forest dragon *'' Gonocephalus beyschlagi'' ( Boettger, 1892) – Sumatra forest dragon *'' Gonocephalus bornensis'' (

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, 1848) – Borneo anglehead lizard, Borneo forest dragon *'' Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus'' ( Laurenti, 1768) – chameleon forest dragon, chameleon anglehead lizard *'' Gonocephalus doriae'' ( W. Peters, 1871) – Doria's angle-headed lizard *'' Gonocephalus grandis'' (

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, 1845) – giant forest dragon, great anglehead lizard *'' Gonocephalus interruptus'' ( Boulenger, 1885) – Boulenger's forest dragon, Mindoro anglehead *'' Gonocephalus klossi'' (Boulenger, 1920) – Kloss's forest dragon *'' Gonocephalus kuhlii'' (Schlegel, 1848) *'' Gonocephalus lacunosus'' Manthey & Denzer, 1991 – Manthey's forest dragon *'' Gonocephalus liogaster'' ( Günther, 1872) – tropical forest dragon, blue-eyed anglehead lizard, orange-ringed anglehead lizard, *'' Gonocephalus megalepis'' ( Bleeker, 1860) – Bleeker's forest dragon *'' Gonocephalus mjobergi'' M.A. Smith, 1925 *'' Gonocephalus pyrius''

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, Riyanto, Kurniawan & E.N. Smith, 2021 – angle-headed dragon *'' Gonocephalus semperi'' (W. Peters, 1867) – Mindoro forest dragon *'' Gonocephalus sophiae'' (Gray, 1845) – Negros forest dragon ''

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'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Gonocephalus''.

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