A dorsal crest, discontinuous with the nuchal crest, consisting of enlarged, hardened and pointed scales, runs down to the base of the tail. The tympanum is large and superficial. Clutch sizes of 1-5 have been recorded. Clutch sizes and egg sizes are significantly larger in upland lizards. Females lay their eggs in areas where the canopy is open - either in tree falls or beside roads.
Nests consist of a shallow burrow covered in a few centimeters of soil and leaf litter.
Incubation times appear to be in the order of two months and hatchling SVLs are approximately 40-50mm. Invertebrates - mainly ants, beetles, grasshoppers and earthworms. Unlike most other agamids Boyd's forest dragons apparently do not thermoregulate - body temperatures are generally within a degree of ambient. Forest dragons are arboreal and are usually observed perching on small trees at a height of approximately 1-2m. Barnett, B. 1981.