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Oriental garden lizard

Calotes versicolor

Description:

It measures over 10 cm (3.9 in) in length snout-to-vent. Total length including the tail is up to 37 cm. The ground-colour is generally a light brownish olive, but the lizard can change it to bright red, to black, and to a mixture of both. This change is sometimes confined to the head, at other times diffused over the whole body and tail.

Habitat:

They are commonly found among the undergrowth in open habitats including highly urban areas.

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6 Comments

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 7 years ago

Thanks Pradeep

Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar 7 years ago

Nice spotting!

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 7 years ago

Indeed it is :)

InêsVeloso
InêsVeloso 7 years ago

this is a very beautiful lizard :)

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 7 years ago

Thanks for the ID sukanya :)

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 7 years ago

Likely Calotes.
Oriental Garden Lizard.

Nidhin Basheer
Spotted by
Nidhin Basheer

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Sep 27, 2016
Submitted on Sep 27, 2016

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