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Ceratophora stoddartii
The rhino-horned lizard is a species of lizard in the Agamidae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.Head is oval, and longer than wide. Rostral appendage is long, horn-like, about two thirds the length of the snout in males, which is reduce or even absent in females.A slow moving, arboreal species, found on trees 1 to 2m above ground.
Widepread from montane forests of central Sri Lanka.It was found on a tree about 1m above ground.
Spotted on Sep 30, 2014
Submitted on Sep 30, 2014
34 Comments (1–25)
Congrats! You seem to be the "STOD MAN"
Thank you friends for your all beautiful comments & wishes!!!
Very nice. Congratulations!
belated congratulations Dilan :)
Awesome capture Dilan.congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congrats Dilan. Nice shot... great looking lizard.
Congratulations Dilan on this SOTD!
Congratulations on the SOTD, Dilan Chathuranga, very well deserved.
Thanks Sau & Carol!!
Super cool!
Congrats Dilan ! :) NO words to say how proud we are ! (Y)
...Agree with you Bhagya!!Thanks Adarsha for your wonderful comment!!
Thank you very much friends for your all interesting comments!!!!
Awesome Dilo.... feeling so much proud to be a Sri Lankan... Congratulations on your great capture ..... happy for you dear....
By the way Adi's idea is brilliant =D
If there is an award for Lizards, you should be awarded with that..If there is movie made as " lizard man", they should make you hero in that.. ha ha :)
Seriously, awesome spotting Dilan..congratulations :) You are on a roll..:)
congratz D....u made us and all the other Sri lankans proud..way to go bro...
Beauty Dilan...congrats
Congratulations Dilan!!!Great!
Congrats Dilan. Well deserved SOTD! :))
Wow!!!!Thank you Very much Yasser for your marvelous comment & selecting this spotting as the SOTD!!!!I must say that your comment really wormed my heart!!Thank you project noah community & my dear friends too....
Dilan, you've done it again with another incredible submission! Congrats on Spotting of the Day! Your photos are a treasure and help the world see the true beauty of Sri Lanka. Thanks for all that you do and we can't wait to see what you uncover next. All the best!
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Thanks Evilsfepchid & PieterColpaert !
Really great find and shot!
Superb!! thanks for sharing
Yes Glima.It has a horn like rostral appendage .thank you for the comment!!