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Oriental garden lizard

Calotes versicolor

Description:

The Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard or Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) is an agamid lizard 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 leading to a common incorrect name of "Bloodsucker".

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1 Comment

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Nice spotting,

rattlesubho
Spotted by
rattlesubho

Guwahati, Assam, India

Spotted on Feb 15, 2012
Submitted on Oct 3, 2012

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