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Ceratophora erdeleni PETHIYAGODA & MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI, 1998

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCeratophora erdeleni PETHIYAGODA & MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI 1998
Ceratophora erdeleni — JANZEN et al. 2007 
DistributionSri Lanka (Ceylon)

Type locality: mountains in E Sinharaja Forest, Morningside, 1000-1300 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1996.448, 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Ceratophora erdeleni is distinguished from all other Ceratophora by having only a rudimentary rostral appendage (restricted to rostral scale alone) (Fig. 13) or lacking such an appendage altogether in both sexes, the appendage length (AL) when present is 8.7-17.3% of distance between anteriormost point of or­ bit and middle of nostril (EN) (vs. 20.0-225.6% in both sexes of C. stoddartii, the species most closely related to it (Fig. 38 in P & NA 1998)). 
Commentsubarboreal, has only a rudimentary or nonexistent rostral appendage and is
otherwise very similar morphologically to C. stoddartii. The ranges of C. erdeleni and C. karu overlap in the Morningside Forest Reserve.

Rare and critically endangered in Sri Lanka (BAHIR & SURASINGHE 2005).

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyThe species name is a patronym honouring Walter Erdelen (Uni­ versity of Wurzburg, Germany), who in the course of extensive work in Sri Lanka in the 1980s was responsible for inspiring renewed interest in the herpetofauna of this island. 
References
  • 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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Janzen, P. 2011. Morningside, ein abgelegener Hotspot in Sri Lanka. Iguana Rundschreiben 24 (1): 5-11
  • JANZEN, P. 2021. Morningside – ein herpetologisches Highlight Sri Lankas. Sauria 43 (1): 9-37 - get paper here
  • Landestoy T., Miguel A.; R. Graham Reynolds & Robert W. Henderson 2021. A SMALL NEW ARBOREAL SPECIES OF WEST INDIAN BOA (BOIDAE; CHILABOTHRUS) FROM SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA. Breviora 571 (1): 1-20 - get paper here
  • Langner, Christian; Beate Pfau, Marta Bernardes, Uwe Gerlach, Felix Hulbert, Mona van Schingen-Khan, Ulrich Schepp, Clara Arranz, Mario Riedling and Axel Kwet 2022. Evaluation of the Captive Breeding Potential of Selected Amphibian and Reptile Taxa Included in Appendices I and II at CITES CoP18 BfN-Skripten 627 - get paper here
  • Manthey, S. 2011. Agamen-Tagung 2010. Iguana Rundschreiben 24 (1): 28-32
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Pethiyagoda, R. & K. Manamendra-Arachchi 1998. A revision of the endemic Sri Lankan agamid lizard genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835, with description of two new species. Journal of South Asian natural History 3 (1): 1
  • Samarawickrama, V.A.M.P.K.; H.I.G.C. Kumara, D.R.N.S. Samarawickrama 2019. Diversity of Reptiles in the Eastern and Southern parts of the Sinharaja Rain Forest. Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment - get paper here
  • Schulte, II , James A.; J. Robert Macey, Rohan Pethiyagoda and Allan Larson 2002. Rostral Horn Evolution among Agamid Lizards of the Genus Ceratophora Endemic to Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 111-117 - get paper here
  • Somaweera, R. & Somaweera, N. 2009. Lizards of Sri Lanka: a colour guide with field keys. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 pp.
 
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