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Ceratophora stoddartii GRAY, 1834

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mountain Horned Agama, Rhino-horned lizard
G: Stachelnase, Hornagame 
SynonymCeratophora stoddartii GRAY 1834: 68
Ceratophora Stoddartii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 434
Ceratophora Hoddartii — KELAART 1854: 138 (in error ?)
Ceratophora stoddartii — FERGUSON 1877: 13
Ceratophora stoddartii — BOULENGER 1885: 277
Ceratophora stoddartii — BOETTGER 1892: 69
Ceratophora stoddarti — SMITH 1935: 152
Ceratophora stoddarti — TAYLOR 1953: 1561
Ceratophora stoddartii — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 39
Ceratophora stoddertii [sic] — BARTS & WILMS 2003: 8 
DistributionSri Lanka (Ceylon)

Type locality: Ceylon  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.37, male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): see PETHIYAGODA & MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI 1998: 4. 
CommentHabitat: subarboreal

Conservation: “Uncommon” and endangered in Sri Lanka (BAHIR & SURASINGHE 2005).

Type species: Ceratophora stoddartii GRAY 1834 is the type species of the genus Ceratophora GRAY 1834. Ceratophora GISTERL 1848 is a genus of Mollusca; Ceratophora HEINEMANN 1870 is a genus of Microlepidoptera; Ceratophora SCHUTT 1896 is a genus of Flagellata.

Key: KARUNARATHNA et al. 2020 present a key to the Sri Lanken species of Ceratophora. 
References
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  • Bahir, M.M. & T. Surasinghe 2005. A conservation assessment of the Sri Lankan Agamidae (Reptilia: Sauria). Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl. No. 12: 407-412 - get paper here
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  • Bartelt, Uwe 1996. Ceratophora stoddartii: Ein "Nashorn' im Terrarium. DATZ 49 (6): 376-379
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  • Boettger, O. 1892. Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien und aus Papuasien. Ber. Tät. Offenb. Ver. Nat., Offenbach, 29 - 32: 65 - 164 - get paper here
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