Ceratophora

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Ceratophora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Ceratophora
Gray, 1835 [1]
Species

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Ceratophora is a genus of agamid lizards found in Sri Lanka. The male has a horn on its snout.

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Description

The tympanum is hidden, and the body is more or less laterally compressed, and covered with unequal scales. No dorsal crest is present; and a nuchal crest can be present or absent. No gular sac or gular fold is present. A large rostral appendage occurs, at least in the males. No femoral or preanal pores are found. [2]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid. [3] [4]

ImageScientific NameCommon NameDistribution
Ceratophora aspera.jpg Ceratophora aspera Günther, 1864rough-nosed horned lizard, Sri Lanka horned agamaSri Lanka
Ceratophora erdeleni.jpg Ceratophora erdeleni Pethiyagoda & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1998Sri Lanka
Ceratophora karu Pethiyagoda & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1998Sri Lanka
Ceratophora stoddartii (cropped).jpeg Ceratophora stoddartii Gray, 1834rhino-horned lizard, Stoddart's unicorn lizard, the mountain horned agamaSri Lanka.
Ceratophora tennentii00.jpg Ceratophora tennentii Günther, 1861rhinoceros agama, horn-nosed lizard, leaf-nosed lizard, Tennent's leaf-nosed lizardSri Lanka.
Ceratophora ukuwelai Karunarathna, Poyarkov, Amarasinghe, Surasinghe, Bushuev, Madawala, Gorin, & De Silva, 2020Ukuwelas's rough-horn lizardSri Lanka

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References

  1. Pethiyagoda R, Manamendra-Arachchi K. 1998. A revision of the endemic Sri Lankan agamid lizard genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835, with description of two new species. J. South Asian Nat. Hist.3 (1): 1-50.
  2. 1 2 Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Genus Ceratophora, p. 118).
  3. "Ceratophora ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. "Ceratophora ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.

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