Black-lipped lizard

Calotes nigrilabris

The Black-lipped Lizard, Calotes nigrilabris, is an agamid species endemic to Sri Lanka. It can be distinguished easily from the Painted-lipped lizard by the presence of a black bar around the mouth rather than a white or orange bar.
A Black-lipped Lizard that wishes it were somewhere else These guys look much like the common Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes), but for the splashes of black paint poorly applied to the general head area. Also they are only found at a few spots in the highlands. Black-lipped lizard,Calotes nigrilabris,Geotagged,Sri Lanka,Summer

Appearance

Head is one and a half times width. A row of spines above and at the back of tympanum. Adult male is with swollen cheeks. Gular sacs are not developed. MId body scale rows are 42-50. Ventrals are larger than dorsals.
Dorsum is green unpatterned or with black edged, cream transverse bars or eye-like spots. Head with black markings. Venter is pale green.

Reproduction

2 eggs, measuring 23 * 13mm are laid in December. Hatchlings measuring 30mm.

Food

Inhabits tree trunks, hedges, and shrubs, where it hunts for insects and worms by day.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
FamilyAgamidae
GenusCalotes
SpeciesC. nigrilabris
Photographed in
Sri Lanka