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Garden lizard

Calotes versicolor

Description:

An Agamid Lizard. From its two yellow stripes on its back, it's a Calotes. Around 30cm long.

Habitat:

Tropical South East Asian forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

changeable lizard, oriental garden lizard
Calotes versicolor Changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor) on the Shores of Singapore


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3 Comments

AdibBarbarossa
AdibBarbarossa 10 years ago

Terima kasih, Scott... ^_^

Thanks for the information... So it turns out to be a Calotes...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 10 years ago

Oh, I see you are new here, Adib. Let me say Selamat datang ke Project Noah!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 10 years ago

Calotes versicolor is extremely variable but often has the parallel yellowish stripes. Your specimen does not really resemble Leiolepis (head, or side patterning) and I don't belive it's been recorded in Singapore ( http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards... )

AdibBarbarossa
Spotted by
AdibBarbarossa

Indonesia

Spotted on Mar 28, 2013
Submitted on Jan 29, 2014

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