Agamidae

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Animalia Chordata Squamata Agamidae
Acanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015

Acanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015

Acanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015

Acanthosaura phuketensis is a medium-sized lowland forest lizard with horns from its head to tail base.

Acanthosaura rubrilabris Liu, Rao, Hou, Orlov, Ananjeva, Zhang & Zhang, 2022

Acanthosaura rubrilabris Liu, Rao, Hou, Orlov, Ananjeva, Zhang & Zhang, 2022

Acanthosaura rubrilabris Liu, Rao, Hou, Orlov, Ananjeva, Zhang & Zhang, 2022

Acanthosaura rubrilabris, the red-lipped horned tree lizard, is an agama species described in 2022 that occurs in China.

Aphaniotis fusca (Peters, 1864)

Aphaniotis fusca (Peters, 1864)

Aphaniotis fusca (Peters, 1864)

Aphaniotis fusca is an Agamidae lizard species known as dusky or peninsular earless agama, found in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829

Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829

Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829

Sitana ponticeriana, the Pondichéry fan-throated agamid lizard, is found in eastern peninsular India along the Coromandel Coast.

Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas & Giri, 2016

Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas & Giri, 2016

Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas & Giri, 2016

Sitana spinaecephalus is a medium-sized oviparous arthropod-eating lizard where males use dewlaps for defense and breeding communication.

Salea anamallayana (Beddome, 1878)

Salea anamallayana (Beddome, 1878)

Salea anamallayana (Beddome, 1878)

Salea anamallayana is a lizard species found in high-elevation habitats of India’s Anaimalai Hills with distinct scale and color patterns.

Pseudocalotes tympanistriga (Gray, 1831)

Pseudocalotes tympanistriga (Gray, 1831)

Pseudocalotes tympanistriga (Gray, 1831)

Pseudocalotes tympanistriga is an agamid lizard species found in Indonesia, commonly called the Indonesian false bloodsucker.

Pseudocalotes microlepis (Boulenger, 1888)

Pseudocalotes microlepis (Boulenger, 1888)

Pseudocalotes microlepis (Boulenger, 1888)

Pseudocalotes microlepis is an agamid lizard distributed across southern China and multiple Southeast Asian countries.

Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1831)

Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1831)

Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1831)

Psammophilus dorsalis is an insect-eating lizard native to hilly regions of southern India, with distinct colour differences between ages, sexes, and breeding seasons.

Otocryptis wiegmanni Wagler, 1830

Otocryptis wiegmanni Wagler, 1830

Otocryptis wiegmanni Wagler, 1830

Otocryptis wiegmanni is a Sri Lankan lizard found in wet high-rainfall forests, with territorial males and nesting between July and January.

Otocryptis nigristigma Bahir & Silva, 2005

Otocryptis nigristigma Bahir & Silva, 2005

Otocryptis nigristigma Bahir & Silva, 2005

Otocryptis nigristigma, the black-spotted kangaroo lizard, is a small endemic Sri Lankan ground-dwelling agamid lizard.

Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lyriocephalus scutatus is a large agamid lizard endemic to Sri Lanka with distinct physical and behavioral traits.

Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872)

Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872)

Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872)

Gonocephalus liogaster is a large robust oviparous lizard native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1851)

Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1851)

Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1851)

Gonocephalus kuhlii is an oviparous agamid lizard native to forests of Java and Sumatra, Indonesia.

Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845)

Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845)

Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845)

Giant forest dragon (Gonocephalus grandis) is an agamid lizard species found in multiple Southeast Asian countries.

Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768)

Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768)

Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768)

Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus is a territorial lizard found in central Javan forests with chameleon-like habits and sexually dimorphic coloration.

Gonocephalus bellii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Gonocephalus bellii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Gonocephalus bellii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Gonocephalus bellii is an oviparous lizard native to Southeast Asia that lives in forest habitat at 1000–1800 m altitude.

Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1851)

Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1851)

Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1851)

Gonocephalus bornensis is a Bornean endemic arboreal lizard with sexually dimorphic size and coloration.

Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936)

Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936)

Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936)

Diploderma brevipes, the short-legged japalure, is an endemic Taiwanese lizard species classified as conservation-deserving wildlife.

Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989)

Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989)

Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989)

Diploderma makii (Ota's japalure) is an oviparous agamid lizard endemic to Taiwan, living in forests at 900–1800 m altitude.

Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864)

Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864)

Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864)

Diploderma swinhonis is a sexually dimorphic lizard native to Taiwan and invasive in Japan.

Monilesaurus ellioti (Günther, 1864)

Monilesaurus ellioti (Günther, 1864)

Monilesaurus ellioti (Günther, 1864)

Monilesaurus ellioti is an oviparous lizard endemic to the Western Ghats of India, found in rainforests and adjacent plantations.

Monilesaurus rouxii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Monilesaurus rouxii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Monilesaurus rouxii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Monilesaurus rouxii is an endemic Indian diurnal insectivorous lizard found in peninsular Indian hills.

Pelturagonia nigrilabris (Peters, 1864)

Pelturagonia nigrilabris (Peters, 1864)

Pelturagonia nigrilabris (Peters, 1864)

Pelturagonia nigrilabris, the blacklipped eyebrow lizard, is an agamid lizard found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

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