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A Pethiyagoda's Crestless Lizard clearly showing its crest OK, the crest is much smaller than in more well-known Calotes species like Calotes calotes and Calotes versicolor, but it does still clearly have a crest. Oh well. Calotes pethiyagodai,Geotagged,Sri Lanka,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

A Pethiyagoda's Crestless Lizard clearly showing its crest

OK, the crest is much smaller than in more well-known Calotes species like Calotes calotes and Calotes versicolor, but it does still clearly have a crest. Oh well.

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    Thibaud Aronson
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    Awesome series!
    I was all about the birds when I visited SL, so I missed all of these!
    Are they nocturnal?     Posted 5 years ago
    1. View John Sullivan's profile
      John Sullivan
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      They are not nocturnal, but like most of Sri Lanka's agamid lizards they are much easier to find at night when they sleep in the vegetation. Posted 5 years ago
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        Thibaud Aronson
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        Aha got it, thanks! Posted 5 years ago

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The Pethiyagoda's Crestless Lizard

The Pethiyagoda's crestless lizard is an agamid lizard endemic to Sri Lanka. Locally known as පෙතියාගොඩගේ නොසිලු කටුස්සා .

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Uploaded Sep 13, 2019. Captured Aug 6, 2019 22:44 in Reverston Tower Ln, Sri Lanka.
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  • PENTAX K-3 II
  • f/16.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO200
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.