Lyriocephalus scutatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Lyriocephalus
- Species
- Lyriocephalus scutatus
- Scientific Name
- Lyriocephalus scutatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lyriocephalus
Lyriocephalus is a genus of lizard within the agamid family, with the sole species Lyriocephalus scutatus. It is the largest agamid endemic to Sri Lanka and lives in dense wet zone forests. It is also called the hump-nosed lizard, hump snout lizard or the lyreshead lizard. In Sinhalese language, it is known as "Kandukara Bodilima – කදුකර බෝදිලිමා."
...Lyriocephalus scutatus in languages:
- Danish
- Lyrehovedagam
- Dutch
- Lierkopagame
- English
- Hump Snout Lizard
- English
- Lyre Head Lizard
- English
- LyreShead Lizard
- German
- Lyrakopf-Agame
- Japanese
- コブハナアガマ
- Sinhala
- ගැටහොඹු කටුස්සා
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