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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.
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus, also known as the spotted house gecko [2] or the Sri Lankan house gecko, [3] is a species of gecko from South Asia and Indian Ocean. [ 2 ] Description
The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia as well as Near Oceania. It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tiktiki, chipkali [3] or moon lizard. These geckos are nocturnal; hiding during the day and foraging for insects at night.
Calodactylodes illingworthorum is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.The species is known only from the island of Sri Lanka.Common names for C. illingworthorum include the golden gecko, Illingworths' gecko, Illingworths' golden gecko, and the Sri Lankan golden gecko.
Lyriocephalus is a genus of lizard within the agamid family, with the sole species Lyriocephalus 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 ...
Ophisops leschenaultii, commonly called Leschenault's snake-eye, Leschenault’s lacerta, and Leschenault's cabrita, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to India and eastern Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, this lizard is called pandura katussa in Sinhala.
It is a dainty, ground-dwelling gecko from the dry plains of the north, below 300m of Sri Lanka. Known areas of occurrence lies in the North East and North Central Provinces (ssp. yakhuna) and North West Provinces (ssp. zonatus), in localities such as Mannar, Puttalam, Puliyankulam, Polonnaruwa, Giritale, Sigiriya, and Menikdena.13-KADIGAWA (NIKAWERATIYA).
Hemidactylus lankae (termite-hill gecko, Sri Lanka leaf-toed gecko) is a species of gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka. Habitat and distribution A beautiful dark ...