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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 Cophotis
Biodiversity of the family Agamidae








Genus
Cophotis

Deaf Agamas

Srilankanische Taubagamen

Srilankanske Døvagamer

1861 Cophotis Peters (type species: Cophotis ceylanica Peters 1861)
Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included Pseudocalotes sumatrana (e.g., Wermuth 1967; Manthey & Grossmann 1997), which was transferred to Pseudocalotes by Hallermann & Böhme (2000).
Distribution: Sri Lanka.

Cophotis ceylanica

Sri Lankan Deaf Agama, Pygmy Lizard

Gewöhnliche Taubagame

Almindelig Srilankansk Døvagam

1861 Cophotis ceylanica Peters

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Cophotis dumbara

Knuckles Deaf Agama

Knuckles-Taubagame

Knuckles-døvagam

2006 Cophotis dumbara Samarawickrama, Ranawana, Rajapaksha, Ananjeva, Orlov, Ranasinghe & Samarawickrama
2006 Cophotis dumbarae Manamendra-Arachchi, Silva & Amarasinghe (Hallermann & Böhme 2007)

Distribution: Sri Lanka.