The Crestless lizard inhabiting Knuckles range has been recently described as a new endemic species base on morphological features (Amarasinghe T. et. al.,
2014). It is restricted to the elevations between 900-1400m of the Knuckles range and inhabits forest edges rather than dense
forests and found on trees and shrubs. It feeds on insects like dragonflies, moths
and butterflies.
References:
Amarasinghe
T. et. al., 2014 A new species of
the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles
Massif of Sri Lanka. Amarasinghe A.A.T., Karunarathna D.M.S.S., Hallermann J., fujinuma
J., Grillitsch H. & Campbell P.D. Zootaxa 3785
(1): 059–078.
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