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A Rhino-horned Lizard showing off his ridiculous schnozz This is the very silliest of the various silly Sri Lankan agamids. Nobody knows what the scary-looking horn is for. The lizards are timid and are not known to use it in self-defense or in combat with other Rhino-horned Lizards. Ceratophora stoddartii,Geotagged,Rhino-horned lizard,Sri Lanka,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

A Rhino-horned Lizard showing off his ridiculous schnozz

This is the very silliest of the various silly Sri Lankan agamids. Nobody knows what the scary-looking horn is for. The lizards are timid and are not known to use it in self-defense or in combat with other Rhino-horned Lizards.

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    John Sullivan
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    Females also have nose horns, though they are somewhat shorter and straighter. Posted 5 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Lol fantastic, had never heard of this one, its gorgeous! Posted 5 years ago
    1. View John Sullivan's profile
      John Sullivan
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      Sri Lanka is all about the weird lizards! Posted 5 years ago
  4. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Hehe, love this one. It reminds me of a narwhal. Posted 5 years ago
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      John Sullivan
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      The Narwhal Lizard would be a better name, completely agree. Posted 5 years ago
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    Melan_de03
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    Wow fantastic Posted 5 years ago

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The Rhino-horned lizard

The rhino-horned lizard , also commonly known as Stoddart's unicorn lizard and the horned agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is called ''kagamuva angkatussa-කගමුව අං කටුස්සා'' in Sinhala.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
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By John Sullivan

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Uploaded Sep 13, 2019. Captured Aug 9, 2019 21:06 in Pedro Scout Camp Rd, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.
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  • PENTAX K-3 II
  • f/20.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO800
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.