An endemic lizard confine to submontane and montane areas of elevation 1000m and above. It is common in
Horton plains national park.
Hakgala,
Nuwaraeliya and
Peak wilderness.
Black-cheek Lizard is an arboreal species and during the day time it feeds on insects, millipedes and also sometime on other smaller agamides like juvenile
Rhino-horn Lizard and Pygmy Lizard (
Somaweera R. & Somaweera N., 2009). As also seen in above picture, in
Horton Plan National Park it is usually observed staying on
Rhodondron arboreum zeylanicum [මහ රත් මල්] and Gorse[Ulex europaeus] flowers, which attract insects.
Anslem de Silva noted that during the night they descend from trees and sleeping is done on grass blades (de Silva A., 2007)
de Silva A., 2007 - The diversity of Horton plains national park (with specieal reference to its herpetofauna)
