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title: "Borneo Forest Dragon"
description: "Gonocephalus bornensis — Reptiles. Gonocephalus bornensis, the 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/borneo-forest-dragon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Borneo Forest Dragon

> Gonocephalus bornensis — Reptiles. Gonocephalus bornensis, the 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.

- Scientific name: *Gonocephalus bornensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1430
- Wikidata: [Q3110551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [101756](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/101756)

## Names

- en: Borneo Forest Dragon
- de: Borneo-Winkelkopfagame
- pl: Kątogłówka borneańska

## Countries with the most observations

MY (1140), ID (42), BN (35)

## Summary

Gonocephalus bornensis, the 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonocephalus_bornensis

## Photo

![Borneo Forest Dragon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/borneo-forest-dragon/medium.jpg)

Photo: walruswatermelon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134817285

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/borneo-forest-dragon?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).