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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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Oriental Garden Lizard
Calotes versicolor


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1 Comment

kittuandme
kittuandme 11 years ago

Cool colour!

nico4nicolas
Spotted by
nico4nicolas

Singapore, Singapore

Spotted on Nov 17, 2012
Submitted on Jan 12, 2013

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