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Oriental garden lizard 變色樹蜥

Calotes versicolour

2 Species ID Suggestions

Oriental Garden Lizard
Calotes versicolor Oriental garden lizard
Seema
Seema 11 years ago
Oriental garden lizard
Calotes versicolour


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4 Comments

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 11 years ago

Cool! Thank you IraquitanCordeiroFilho!

During the breeding season, the male's head and shoulders turns bright orange to crimson and his throat black. Males also turn red-headed after a successful battle with rivals. Thus their other gruesome name of "Bloodsucker Lizard" although they don't actually suck anybody's blood. [Wikipedia]

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 11 years ago

WOWZERS! I have never seen a lizard turn bright red like that! I wonder if these are breeding colors or if this is a dominance/territorial display? Congrats on a beautiful series!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Great find!

Yeung PK
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Yeung PK

屯門 Tuen Mun, 香港 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Spotted on Nov 25, 2012
Submitted on Nov 26, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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