Leaf-nosed Lizard

The leaf-nosed lizard, also called Tennent's leaf-nosed lizard or the rhinoceros agama, is endemic to Sri Lanka. It carries a fleshy, leaf-like appendage on the end of the snout, shorter in females, and can exceed 20 cm including the tail. Males usually show more green than females but can turn reddish brown. The back is reddish brown to olive green with greener flank scales, the tail has about 20 dark brown crossbands, and the belly is cream (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found in wet tropical montane cloud forest in the Knuckles mountains at 760 to 1,220 m, and has also been recorded in some other forest habitats. It is active by day, not very agile, and relies on colour rather than speed to avoid predators. Very little is known about its behaviour. Nationally Critically Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).