Whistling lizard

Calotes liolepis

Description:

Also known as Sri Lanka Agama.feeds on ants and insects.largely arboreal and unusual among other agamid lizards due to its hanit of uttering a high-pitched whistle when its alarmed.one of the Sri Lanka's four endemic Calotes species lizards.

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17 Comments

Sew 9 years ago

Thanks again IHankin...its a great pleasure to contribute to your project.....

lhankin 9 years ago

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Sew 9 years ago

Thank you very much Ihankin for selecting my photograph for that..that's a great honor and i would like to have more details...thank you again..

lhankin 9 years ago

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