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Great Anglehead Lizard

Gonocephalus grandis

Description:

Medium sized Lizard that relies on its amazing colouration to blend in unnoticed in the dim light of the forest understorey.

Habitat:

Riverine Forest above 200m altitude

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21 Comments

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Wonderful !

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

ha! ha! said the clown :) funny guy...

1Sarah2
1Sarah2 12 years ago

What amazing pattern variation!

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

Really incredible lizard!

winston
winston 12 years ago

cool soo awsome

Darvesh
Darvesh 12 years ago

really decorative, for a lizard !!!

takmeng.wong
takmeng.wong 12 years ago

Woo-hoo! Hope to see it in Tioman one day! I'm just a 3-hour drive away from Mersing!

SaurabhRai
SaurabhRai 12 years ago

Amazing............

Aman
Aman 12 years ago

Two SOTD's in three days! Congrats Richard!

SamanthaCraven
SamanthaCraven 12 years ago

Congrats Rich!

peter
peter 12 years ago

Spotting of the day!

"The Great Anglehead Lizard, also known as the Giant Forest Dragon, lives at elevations of 1,400 m (4,600 feet) in the rainforest canopy."

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haribon-sherwin
haribon-sherwin 12 years ago

nice one!!!...

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

wow...brillant catch

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

He looks like a punk guy with a backpack. Awesome photo!

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 12 years ago

most amazing lizard ever seen n amazingly capture well done

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Woah he's awesome! Fantastic colours... amazing the things we share our planet with :)

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Wonderful organism...looks like he should be walking down the street in a big city.


Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago

What an amazing coloration!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Ohh My!!

takmeng.wong
takmeng.wong 12 years ago

Beautiful! I hope I can see this in my neighbouring country one day!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Wow...spectacular..!!

Richard Cottrell
Spotted by
Richard Cottrell

Malaysia

Spotted on Jul 6, 2011
Submitted on Jul 6, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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