Cophotis dumbara
| Knuckles Pygmy Lizard | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Cophotis |
| Species: | C. dumbara |
| Binomial name | |
| Cophotis dumbara Samarawickrama, Ranawana, Rajapaksha, Ananjeva, Orlov, Ranasinghe & Samarawickrama, 2006 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cophotis dumbarae , Manamendra-Arachchi, de Silva & Amarasinghe, 2006 | |
Knuckles Pygmy Lizard (Cophotis dumbara) is a agamid species endemic to Sri Lanka. Known only from Knuckles Mountain Range. It is classified as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and logging.
References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/169677/0
- http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cophotis&species=dumbara
External links
- http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2011/11/2006-cophotis-dumbarae-srilanka.html
- http://zipcodezoo.com/animals/c/cophotis_dumbara/
- http://www.biologybrowser.org/node/1223170
- http://slendemics.net/easl/reps/Agamidae.html
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