Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 © Henrik Bringsøe