Agamidae

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Phuket Pricklenape

Phuket Pricklenape

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.

Dusky Earless Agama

Dusky Earless Agama

Aphaniotis fusca (Peters, 1864)

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

Pondichéry Fan-throated Lizard

Pondichéry Fan-throated Lizard

Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829

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

Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard

Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard

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.

Anaimalai Spiny Lizard

Anaimalai Spiny Lizard

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.

Indonesian False Bloodsucker

Indonesian False Bloodsucker

Pseudocalotes tympanistriga (Gray, 1831)

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

Burmese False Bloodsucker

Burmese False Bloodsucker

Pseudocalotes microlepis (Boulenger, 1888)

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

Rock Dragon

Rock Dragon

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.

Sri Lanka Kangaroo Lizard

Sri Lanka Kangaroo Lizard

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.

Black-spotted Kangaroo Lizard

Black-spotted Kangaroo Lizard

Otocryptis nigristigma Bahir & Silva, 2005

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

Hump Snout Lizard

Hump Snout Lizard

Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Blue-eyed Anglehead Lizard

Blue-eyed Anglehead Lizard

Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872)

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

Kuhl's Anglehead Lizard

Kuhl's Anglehead Lizard

Gonocephalus kuhlii (Schlegel, 1851)

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

Malayan Crested Lizard

Malayan Crested Lizard

Gonocephalus grandis (Gray, 1845)

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

Chameleon Forest Dragon

Chameleon Forest Dragon

Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768)

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

Bell's Anglehead Lizard

Bell's Anglehead Lizard

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.

Borneo Forest Dragon

Borneo Forest Dragon

Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1851)

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

Short-legged Japalure

Short-legged Japalure

Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936)

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

Ota's Japalure

Ota's Japalure

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.

Taiwan Japalure

Taiwan Japalure

Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864)

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

Elliot's Forest Lizard

Elliot's Forest Lizard

Monilesaurus ellioti (Günther, 1864)

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

Roux's Forest Lizard

Roux's Forest Lizard

Monilesaurus rouxii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

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

Blacklipped Eyebrow Lizard

Blacklipped Eyebrow Lizard

Pelturagonia nigrilabris (Peters, 1864)

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

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