1. Cophotis dumbarae

Manamendra-Arachchi, de Silva & Amarasinghe, 2006

Publication :

Manamendra-Arachchi K, A de Silva & AAT Amarasinghe (2006). Description of a second species of Cophotis (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the highlands of Sri Lanka. Lyriocephalus 6 (Suppl. 1): 1–8.

Remarks :

Cophotis dumbarae is currently a junior homonym of Cophotis dumbara Samarawickrama et al., 2006. Cophotis dumbara and C. dumbarae have been described independently. However, Hallermann & Böhme (2007) showed that the two species are identical and that C.dumbara has priority over C. dumbarae. Both names are given as an eponym for the region it inhabits,the "Dumbara Hills" (The Knuckles Mountains) of Sri Lanka.

English name: Knuckles Pygmy Lizard
Sinhala (local) name: දුම්බර කුරු-කටුස්සා

Further readings:
Samarawickrama, VAMPK, KB Ranawana, DRNS Rajapaksha, NB Ananjeva, NL. Orlov, JMAS Ranasinghe & VAP Samarawickrama (2006). A new species of the genus Cophotis (Squamata: Agamidae) from Sri Lanka. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 207-214.

Hallermann, J & W Böhme (2007). Zur Validität von zwei kürzlich beschriebenen Arten der in Sri Lanka endemischen Gattung Cophotis Peters, 1861 (Squamata: Agamidae) aus der Knuckles Forest Range. Salamandra 43 (3): 187-190.