Pethiyagoda’s Crestless Lizard (Calotes pethiyagodai)

Male

Male

Female

Female

English: Pethiyagoda’s Crestless Lizard
Binomial: Calotes pethiyagodai
Sinhala: පෙතියාගොඩගේ නොසිලු කටුස්සා[Pethiyagodage nosilu katussa]

Pethiyagoda’s Crestless Lizard is an endemic species of lizards found in Sri Lankan highlands. Population of this newly described species(2014) has been restricted to the higher elevations of Knuckles mountain range(>900 meters). Species name pethiyagodai was given for this lizard to honor Mr. Rohan Pethiyagoda for his contribution for the conservation of biodiversity of the country. Above photographs were taken at Knuckles mountain range in November, 2015.

References:
https://window2nature.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/garden-lizard-gains-an-elite-relative-from-knuckles/ http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03785p078f.pdf