Horned agama [1] ( lat. Ceratophora stoddartii ) is an agamidae lizard . A specific Latin name is given in honor of the British military Charles Stoddart (1806-1842) [2] .
| Horned agama |
 |
| Scientific classification |
|---|
| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
|
| International scientific name |
|---|
Ceratophora stoddartii Gray , 1834 |
|
Content
The total length reaches 23 cm. The color of the back is olive-green, the sides of brown or black. Females have a gray back color. In the back of the trunk there are 5-6 dark transverse spots and narrow black longitudinal stripes. The belly is much darker than the back. The upper lips, neck and throat are white. The eye has a partial tan or yellow fringing. The body is compressed. The head is a little short, the muzzle is turned down. On the muzzle there is a long and narrow process of white color like a horn. Females have a significantly smaller angle. There is a leather fold on the neck. The scales of this agama are prickly and patchy. The tail is long with dark stripes crosswise. He's pretty tenacious.
Likes humid, tropical forests in the highlands. It occurs at an altitude of 1,500 to 2,100 meters above sea level. Hiding on tree trunks. It feeds on arthropods, primarily crickets.
Oviparous lizard. The female lays 4 eggs.
Endemic to Sri Lanka . Lives in the central part of the island.
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 160. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ Beolens, Watkins & Grayson, 2009: The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 1-296
- Gray, 1834: Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke . vol. 2, p. 1-263 ( text ).
- Günther Nietzke: Die Terrarientiere 2 - Schildkröten, Brückenechsen und Echsen, Ulmer, 1998, 4. Auflage. ISBN 3-8001-7179-1
