Ceratophora


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

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.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Ceratophora aspera Günther, 1864rough-nosed horned lizard, Sri Lanka horned agamaSri Lanka
Ceratophora erdeleni Pethiyagoda & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1998Sri Lanka
Ceratophora karu Pethiyagoda & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1998Sri Lanka
Ceratophora stoddartii Gray, 1834rhino-horned lizard, Stoddart's unicorn lizard, the mountain horned agamaSri Lanka.
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

Key to selected species

  • a. Gular scales larger than the ventrals, smooth; lateral scales large, unequal; rostral appendage scaleless — C. stoddartii
  • b. Gular scales larger than the ventrals, feebly keeled; lateral scales large, equal; rostral appendage scaly — C. tennentii
  • c. Gular scales smaller than the ventrals, strongly keeled; lateral scales small; rostral appendage scaly — 'C. aspera'''''