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Knuckles Pygmy Lizard

Agamids & Horned Lizards

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Cophotis dumbara

Basic stats

Range

Endemic to the Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka

Size

Adults to about 60mm snout–vent

The Knuckles pygmy lizard, or Dumbara agama, is an agamid known only from the Knuckles Mountain Range of Sri Lanka. Adults reach 60 mm snout to vent. Males have a pale greenish-yellow upper lip and a dark greenish-black lower lip, a black dorsal crest with pale green patches, a reddish-orange middle throat and a tail of seven greenish-yellow and seven black crossbands. Females have a buff throat with brown streaks and a tail banded greenish buff and brown (Wikipedia, general species account).

Wikipedia notes habitat loss and logging as threats. Nationally Critically Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).

Quick answers

Where is the Knuckles Pygmy Lizard found?
Endemic to the Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
How big is the Knuckles Pygmy Lizard?
Adults to about 60mm snout–vent
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