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Lizard diversity in the island has been documented and studied by many local scientists and researchers such as Imesh Nuwan Bandara, [8] Kalana Maduwage, Anjana Silva, [9] Rohan Pethiyagoda, and Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi. [10] There are 111 lizards known from Sri Lanka, with 17 newly discovered in 2006, and two more in 2016 and 2017.
The rhino-horned lizard (Ceratophora stoddartii), also commonly known as Stoddart's unicorn lizard and the mountain horned agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is called kagamuva angkatussa-කගමුව අං කටුස්සා in Sinhala.
It is distributed from eastern and northeastern India and Bangladesh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, through southern China and Hainan Island in the east to mainland Southeast Asia and the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lombok, the Riau Archipelago, Sulawesi. It is one of the most widespread monitor lizards.
Pages in category "Reptiles of Sri Lanka" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 205 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lryiocephalus is a genus of lizard within the agamid family, with the sole species Lryiocephalus scutatus. It is the largest agamid endemic to Sri Lanka [1] and lives in dense wet zone forests. [3] It is also called the hump-nosed lizard, hump snout lizard or the lyreshead lizard. In Sinhalese language, it is known as "Kandukara Bodilima ...
Sri Lanka currently contains 185 species of reptiles, of which 60 are threatened and 115 are endemic. Most of the reptiles are snakes and the largest two are the mugger crocodile and saltwater crocodile .
Otocryptis wiegmanni, commonly called the brown-patched kangaroo lizard, Sri Lankan kangaroo lizard or Wiegmann's agama, is a small, ground-dwelling agamid lizard endemic to Sri Lanka. Etymology [ edit ]
Calotes nigrilabris, the black-cheek lizard, is an agamid species endemic to Sri Lanka. [1] It can be distinguished easily from painted-lipped lizard by having black bar on mouth rather than white or orange bar.