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title: "Hump Snout Lizard"
description: "Lyriocephalus scutatus — Reptiles. Lyriocephalus is a genus of lizard within the agamid family, with the sole species Lyriocephalus scutatus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/hump-snout-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hump Snout Lizard

> Lyriocephalus scutatus — Reptiles. Lyriocephalus is a genus of lizard within the agamid family, with the sole species Lyriocephalus scutatus.

- Scientific name: *Lyriocephalus scutatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 807
- Wikidata: [Q2699575](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2699575)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31525](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31525)

## Names

- en: Hump Snout Lizard
- de: Lyrakopf-Agame
- nl: Lierkopagame

## Countries with the most observations

LK (777)

## Summary

Lyriocephalus is a genus of lizard within the agamid family, with the sole species Lyriocephalus scutatus. It is the largest agamid endemic to Sri Lanka and lives in dense wet zone forests. It is also called the hump-nosed lizard, hump snout lizard or the lyreshead lizard.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyriocephalus

## Photo

![Hump Snout Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hump-snout-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78251668

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hump-snout-lizard?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).