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Genus of lizards The twirler moth genus invalidly described by Heinemann in or around 1870 has been synonymized with Brachmia. Ceratophora was also an emendation for the dinoflagellate genus Ceratophorus (now Neoceratium) and the heteropod genus Cerophora (now Firoloida).

Ceratophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Ceratophora
Gray, 1835
Species

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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

References

  1. Pethiyagoda R, Manamendra-Arachchi K. 1998. A revision of the endemic Sri Lankan agamid lizard genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835, with description of two new species. J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 3 (1): 1-50.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. "Ceratophora ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. "Ceratophora ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/agamidae.

Further reading

  • 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).

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