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Calotes versicolor
About 25 to 30cm total length including tail, light brown colour, with brown streaks radiating from the eye. Dorsal crest on the neck and anterior part of the trunk, extending on to the root of the tail and gradually disappearing on the middle of the trunk.
Spotted in a garden at Jakarta. Found widely distributed in Asia, It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world.
It is an insectivore and the male gets a bright red throat in the breeding season. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Agamidae Subfamily: Draconinae Genus: Calotes Species: C. versicolor
Spotted on Jun 17, 2016
Submitted on Mar 16, 2017
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