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.| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Ceratophora aspera Günther, 1864 | rough-nosed horned lizard, Sri Lanka horned agama | Sri Lanka | |
| Ceratophora erdeleni Pethiyagoda & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1998 | Sri Lanka | ||
| Ceratophora karu Pethiyagoda & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1998 | Sri Lanka | ||
| Ceratophora stoddartii Gray, 1834 | rhino-horned lizard, Stoddart's unicorn lizard, the mountain horned agama | Sri Lanka. | |
| Ceratophora tennentii Günther, 1861 | rhinoceros agama, horn-nosed lizard, leaf-nosed lizard, Tennent's leaf-nosed lizard | Sri Lanka. | |
| Ceratophora ukuwelai Karunarathna, Poyarkov, Amarasinghe, Surasinghe, Bushuev, Madawala, Gorin, & De Silva, 2020 | Ukuwelas's rough-horn lizard | Sri 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'''''