Reptiles > Agamidae & Dragon Lizards
Weber’s Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus weberi) is a magnificent, prehistoric-looking agamid lizard endemic to the tropical volcanic islands of Halmahera and Ternate in the northern Moluccas of Indonesia. Holding the title of one of the largest lizards in the dragon...
Reptiles > Agamidae & Dragon Lizards
The Crested Bicycle Dragon (Ctenophorus cristatus), also celebrated as the crested dragon or bicycle lizard, is an agile, high-speed agamid lizard endemic to the arid interior of southern and western Australia. Famous for its comical yet extraordinary ability to...
Reptiles > Agamidae & Dragon Lizards
The Hump-nosed Lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus), known locally in Sinhala as the ‘Kandukara Bodilima,’ is the sole living representative of its monotypic genus, endemic exclusively to the misty tropical rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka. Possessing a...
Reptiles > Agamidae & Dragon Lizards
The Lake Eyre Dragon (Ctenophorus maculosus) is one of the most ecologically specialized and resilient reptiles on Earth, thriving in an environment so hostile and barren that almost no other vertebrate can survive: the blinding white, hyper-saline salt crust of Kati...
Reptiles > Agamidae & Dragon Lizards
The Ceylon Pygmy Lizard (Cophotis ceylanica) is an extraordinarily charming, slow-moving arboreal agamid lizard native strictly to the chilly, perpetually mist-covered montane cloud forests of Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands. Notable for its stout body, prehensile...
