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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Agamidae
Bibliography of the genus Lyriocephalus
Biodiversity of the family Agamidae








Genus
Lyriocephalus

Lyre-headed Agama

Lyrakopf-Agame

Lyrehovedagam

1820 Lyriocephalus Merrem (type species: Lyriocephalus margaritaceus Merrem 1820)
1822 Lophurus Fleming (type species: Lacerta scutata Linnaeus 1758; syn. Fever & Smith 1972)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Lyriocephalus scutatus

Lyre-headed Agama, Sri Lanka Mountain Dragon, Hump-nosed Lizard

Lyrakopf-Agame

Lyrehovedagam

1758 Lacerta scutata Linnaeus
Lyrocephalus scutata [sic] Wagler 1830
1768 Iguana clamosa Laurenti (Wermuth 1967)
1820 Lyriocephalus margaritaceus Merrem [substitute name for Lacerta scutata Linnaeus 1758] (Wermuth 1967)
1834 Lyriocephalus macgregori Gray (Wermuth 1967)

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Lyriocephalus scutatus
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