Sri Lankan bloodsucker

Description

C.ceylonensis is a colorful,arboreal agamid.The length of the head is one and half times the width.The body is laterally compressed.The tail is long and slender,about or over twice the head-body length.The cheeks are swollen.Two separated spines can be seen above the tympanum.The nuchal crest is formed with low spines.Midbody scale rows number 54-60. The dorsum is brown,with indistinct brown crossbands.The head and anterior part of body are blackish-brown.There is a bright red or reddish-orange stripe on the upper lip that extends to the back of the head.When the lizard is threatened,or agitated by stress,the brown-colored lip turns to a bright white color,as does the dorso-nuchal crest.The throat of adult males is black.The tail is brown with dark crossbands.The venter is pale brown with darker crossbands.