Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Agamidae > Ceratophora > Ceratophora tennentii

Ceratophora tennentii (Leaf-nosed Lizard; Rhinoceros Agama)

Wikipedia Abstract

The leaf-nosed lizard or Tennent's leaf-nosed lizard (Ceratophora tennentii) is a species of lizards in the Agamidae family endemic to Sri Lanka.
View Wikipedia Record: Ceratophora tennentii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ceratophora tennentii

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Arboreal, Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sri Lanka montane rain forests Sri Lanka Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocercoides rickae <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0