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2 SL Aanstreeplijst Hagedissen.Xls TIERRA NATUURREIS : SRI LANKA : 8-23 FEBRUARI 2013 CHECKLIST & AANSTREEPLIJST : HAGEDISSEN - KROKODILLEN - SCHILDPADDEN LATIJNSE SOORTNAAM ENGELSE SOORTNAAM 1 Calotes calotes Common Green Forest Lizard 2 Calotes ceylonensis Sri Lankan Bloodsucker 3 Calotes desilvai Desilva's Lizard 4 Calotes liocephalus Lion-head Agama 5 Calotes lioleps Forest Lizard 6 Calotes nigrilabris Dark-lipped Lizard 7 Calotes cf. versicolor versicolor Common Bloodsucker 8 Ceratophora aspera Rough-horn Lizard 9 Ceratophora erdeleni Erdelen's Horn Lizard 10 Ceratophora karu Karunaratne's Horn Lizard 11 Ceratophora stoddartii Rhino Horn Lizard 12 Ceratophora tennentii Leaf-nosed Lizard 13 Cophotis ceylanica Pygmy Lizard 14 Cophotis dumbara Knuckles Pygmy Lizard 15 Lyriocephalus scutatus Hump-nosed Lizard 16 Otocryptis nigristigma Lowland Kangaroo Lizard 17 Otocryptis wiegmanni Sri Lanka Kangaroo Lizard 18 Sitana ponticeriana Fan-throat Lizard 19 Chamaeleo zeylanicus Sri Lankan Chameleon 20 Calodactylodes illingworthorum Sri Lankan Golden Lizard 21 Cnemaspis alwisi Alwis's Daygecko 22 Cnemaspis amith Amith's Daygecko 23 Cnemaspis clivicola Highland Daygecko 24 Cnemaspis gemunu Gemunu's Daygecko 25 Cnemaspis kallima Ornate Daygecko 26 Cnemaspis kandiana Kandyan Daygecko 27 Cnemaspis kumarasinghei Kumaransinghe's Daygecko 28 Cnemaspis latha Flowery Daygecko 29 Cnemaspis menikay Jewel Daygecko 30 Knemaspis molligodai Molligoda's Daygecko 31 Cnemaspis pava Little Daygecko 32 Cnemaspis phillipsi Phillip's Daygecko 33 Cnemaspis podihuna Dwarf Daygecko 34 Cnemaspis pulchra Paradise Daygecko 35 Cnemaspis punctata Spotted Daygecko 36 Cnemaspis retigalensis Ritigala Daygecko 37 Cnemaspis samanalensis Samanala Daygecko 38 Cnemaspis scalpensis Jerdon's Daygecko 39 Cnemaspis silvula Forest Daygecko 40 Cnemaspis tropidogaster Rough-belly Daygecko 41 Cnemaspis upendrai Upendra's Daygecko 42 Cyrtodactylus cracens Sinharaja Bent-toed Gecko 43 Cyrtodactylus edwardtaylori Taylor's Bent-toed Gecko 44 Cyrtodactylus frenatus Bridled Bent-toed Gecko 45 Cyrtodactylus ramboda Ramboda Bent-toed Gecko 46 Cyrtodactylus soba Knuckles Bent-toed Gecko 47 Cyrtodactylus subsolanus Rakwana Bent-toed Gecko 48 Geckoella collegalensis Kollegal Ground Gecko 49 Geckoella triedra Spotted Bow-finger Gecko 50 Geckoella yakhuna Demon Gecko 51 Gehyra multilata Four-claw Gecko 52 Hemidactylus brookii parvimaculatus Spotted House Gecko 53 Hemidactylus depressus Kandyan Gecko 54 Hemidactylus frenatus Common House Gecko 55 Hemidactylus leschenaultii lankae Bark Gecko 56 Hemidactylus maculatus hunae Spotted Giant Gecko LATIJNSE SOORTNAAM ENGELSE SOORTNAAM 57 Hemidactylus platyrus Frill-tailed Gecko 58 Hemidactylus scabriceps Scaly Gecko 59 Hemidactylus triedrus lankae Termite-hill Gecko 60 Hemiphyllodactylus typus Slender Gecko 61 Lepidodactylus lugubris Mourning Gecko 62 Ophisops leschenaultii lankae Leschenault's Snake-eye Lizard 63 Ophisops minor minor Lesser Snake-eye Lizard 64 Chalcides cf. ocellatus Ocellated Skink 65 Chalcidoceps thwaitesi Four-toe Snakeskink 66 Dasia halianus Hayly's Treeskink 67 Eutropis beddomii Beddome's Striped Skink 68 Eutropis bibronii Bibron's Sand Skink 69 Eutropis carinata lankae Common Skink 70 Eutropis floweri Taylor's Skink 71 Eutropis macularia Bronzegreen Little Skink 72 Eutropis madaraszi Spotted Skink 73 Eutropis tammanna Tammenna Skink 74 Lankascincus deignani Deignan's Lankaskink 75 Lankascincus deraniyagalae Deraniyagala's Lankaskink 76 Lankascincus dorsicatenatus Catenated Lankaskink 77 Lankascincus fallax Common Lankaskink 78 Lankascincus gansi Gans's Lankaskink 79 Lankascincus greeri Greer's Lankaskink 80 Lankascincus munindradasai Munindradasa's Lankaskink 81 Lankascincus sripadensis Sripada Lankaskink 82 Lankascincus taprobanensis Smooth Lankaskink 83 Lankascincus taylori Taylor's Lankaskink 84 Lygosoma punctata Dotted Garden Skink 85 Lygosoma singhum Taylor's Skink 86 Nessia bipes Smith's Snakeskink 87 Nessia burtonii Three-toe Snakeskink 88 Nessia deraniyagalai Deraniyagala's Snakeskink 89 Nessia didactyla Two-toe Snakeskink 90 Nessia hickanala Shark-head Snakeskink 91 Nessia layardi Layard's Snakeskink 92 Nessia monodactyla Toeless Snakeskink 93 Nessia sarasinorum Sarasin's Snakeskink 94 Sphenomorphus dussumieri - 95 Sphenomorphus megalops Annandale's Litter Skink 96 Sphenomorphus striapunctatus - 97 Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor 98 Varanus s. salvator Water Monitor 99 Crocodylus paluster Mugger Crocodile 100 Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile 101 Melanochelys trijuga parkeri Parker's Black Turtle 102 Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Spotted Black Turtle 103 Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle 104 Chelonia mydas Green Turtle 105 Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle 106 Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle 107 Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle 108 Trachemys scripta Read Eared Slider 109 Geochelone elegans Star Tortoise 110 Lissemys punctata Flapshell Turtle.
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