Ceratophora
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}} Template:Italic title Template:Automatic Taxobox
Ceratophora is a genus of agamid lizards found in Sri Lanka. The male has a horn on its snout.
DescriptionEdit
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.<ref name="fbi">Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Genus Ceratophora, p. 118).</ref>
SpeciesEdit
The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref>"Ceratophora ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref>"Ceratophora ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.</ref>
| Image | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Ceratophora aspera.jpg | Ceratophora aspera Template:Small | rough-nosed horned lizard, Sri Lanka horned agama | Sri Lanka |
| File:Ceratophora erdeleni.jpg | Ceratophora erdeleni Template:Small | Sri Lanka | |
| Ceratophora karu Template:Small | Sri Lanka | ||
| File:Ceratophora stoddartii (cropped).jpeg | Ceratophora stoddartii Template:Small | rhino-horned lizard, Stoddart's unicorn lizard, the mountain horned agama | Sri Lanka. |
| File:Ceratophora tennentii00.jpg | Ceratophora tennentii Template:Small | rhinoceros agama, horn-nosed lizard, leaf-nosed lizard, Tennent's leaf-nosed lizard | Sri Lanka. |
| Ceratophora ukuwelai Template:Small | Ukuwelas's rough-horn lizard | Sri Lanka |
.jpeg){kind=link}
Key to selected speciesEdit
- 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<ref name="fbi"/>
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor & Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Ceratophora, p. 277).
- Gray JE. 1835. Illustrations of Indian Zoology; Chiefly Selected from the Collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II. London: Adolphus Richter. (Stirling, printer). 102 plates. (Ceratophora stoddartii, Plate 68, Figure 2).
- Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Genus Ceratophora, p. 237).
- Günther ACLG. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Genus Ceratophora, p. 129).
- Smith MA. 1935. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Genus Ceratophora, pp. 151–152).