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Showing posts with label Agamidae Lizards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agamidae Lizards. Show all posts
Friday, December 31, 2021

අං කටුස්සා (Ceratophora stoddartti)

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 මධ්‍යම කඳුකරයේ මුහුදු මටටමේ සිට මීටර් 1500 ත් 2200 ත් අතර උසින් යුත් කලාපයේ නුවරඑලිය, මහඑලිය (හොර්ටන් තැන්න), ශ්‍රිපාද අඩවිය වැනි ප්‍රදේශ ...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

පිනුම් කටුස්සා (Otocryptis weigmanni)

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පිනුම් කටුස්සා මුහුදු මට්ටමේ සිට මීටර 1300 පමණ උසක් දක්වා තෙත් කලාපයේ වනාන්තර ප්‍රදේශ වල පමණක් භෞමිකව හමුවන මෙරටට ආවේණික උරගයෙකි. වනාන්තර...
Monday, October 3, 2016

Lowland Kangaroo Lizard/Earless Lizard/පිනුම් කටුස්සා/තැලි කටුස්සා[Pinum Katussa/Thali Katussa] (Otocryptis nigristigma)

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An endemic lizard rather common in dry lowlands up to about 400 m elevations. It lives  among leaf litter of forest floor and sometimes e...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Painted-lip Lizard/Sri Lankan Bloodsucker/තොල විසිතුරු කටුස්සා[Thola visithuru Katussa] (Calotes ceylonensis)

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An endemic lizard confine to the semi-evergreen monsoon forests, home gardens and plantations in the dry and intermediate zones up to abo...
Monday, December 7, 2015

දේවකගේ තැලි කටුස්සා [Devakage Theli Katussaa]/Devaka's Fan-throated Lizard (Sitana devakai)

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Fan throated Lizard inhabiting dry coastal areas of  the North, Northwestern and Southeastern part of the country was formerly consider...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Pethiyagoda’s Crestless Lizard/පෙතියාගොඩගේ කොදු-දැති රහිත කටුස්සා (Calotes pethiyagodai)

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The Crestless lizard inhabiting Knuckles range has been recently described as a new endemic species base on morphological features ( Amar...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Hump-nosed Lizard/Lyre-headed Lizard/ගැටහොඹු කටුස්සා/කරමල් බෝදිලිමා/බොහොඬා[Gatahombu Katussa/Karamal Bodilima/Bohonda](Lyriocephalus scutatus)

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Hump-nosed Lizard is an endemic arboreal lizard found in shaded forests and adjoining well wooded home gardens and plantations from wet lo...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

කට කලු කටුස්සා/Black-cheek Lizard/Dark-lipped Lizard(Calotes nigrilabris)

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An endemic lizard confine to submontane and montane areas of elevation 1000m and above. It is common in  Horton plains national park . ...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Sand Lizard/Fan-throat Lizard (Sitana ponticeriana)

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Sand Lizard is a ground dwelling reptile inhabiting sand dunes and open scrublands in the coastal areas around the island . But it is ...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Whistling Lizard/Forest Lizard(Calotes liolepis)

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An endemic lizard distributed in South-Western wet lowlands, sub-montane areas and few isolated places of dry lowlands (Such as Nilgala,R...
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Rough – horn Lizard (Ceratophora aspera)

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Endemic and endangered lizard lives in lowland and submontane Dipterocarp forests of the wet zone. Rough – horn Lizard  is a ground dwell...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Rhino horn Lizard (Ceratophora stoddartti)

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An endemic lizard of Sri Lanka inhabiting central hills from 1500-2200 m a.s.l. It can be found in home gardens, natural forest areas ...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Leaf-nosed Lizard/දුම්බර අංකටුස්සා[Dumbara Ankatussa](Ceratophora tennentii)

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An endemic lizard of Sri Lanka confines to the knuckles range.  It is a diurnal and slow moving lizard of natural forests, cardamom plant...
Saturday, September 4, 2010

Common Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor)

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The most common and widespread agamid lizard of Sri Lanka inhabiting all over the island up to about 1400m above sea level. It is uncomm...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes)

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Green garden lizard or Pala Katussa is a common lizard with wide distribution from low lands plains to mid hills. It is highly arborea...
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Sunday, July 11, 2010

පිනුම් කටුස්සා[Pinum Katussa]/Sri Lankan Kangaroo Lizard(Otocryptis weigmanni)

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An endemic ground dwelling lizard confined to wet zone of the country (In forest areas from sea level up to 1300m). It inhabits on the le...
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