Wildlifeof Sri Lanka
Pethiyagoda's Crestless Lizard
Agamids & Horned Lizards
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Calotes pethiyagodai
Basic stats
Diet
Insects such as dragonflies and moths
Habitat
Forest edges, in trees and shrubs, 900–1,400m
Range
Endemic to the Knuckles range, Sri Lanka
Pethiyagoda's crestless lizard is an agamid endemic to Sri Lanka, restricted to the Knuckles Mountain Range at 900 to 1,400 m. It lives at forest edges, in trees and shrubs. It was earlier misidentified as the spineless forest lizard, but males lack a throat pouch and the scalation differs. It is named for Rohan Pethiyagoda (Wikipedia, general species account).
It feeds on insects such as dragonflies and moths. No national Red List category was found for this recently described species.
Quick answers
- What does the Pethiyagoda's Crestless Lizard eat?
- Insects such as dragonflies and moths
- What habitat does the Pethiyagoda's Crestless Lizard live in?
- Forest edges, in trees and shrubs, 900–1,400m
- Where is the Pethiyagoda's Crestless Lizard found?
- Endemic to the Knuckles range, Sri Lanka