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Dendragama boulengeri
Trusting in its great camouflage, this striking lizard stayed completely frozen even when we approached it. One of our local friends picked it up and moved it to another tree, where it began to change from green to yellowish (image 3) and finally to a deep brown (images 4 and 5)! It measured about a foot and a half long, including the tail.
Seen at an elevation of 1800m at the foot of Sumatra's Mt. Kerinci, the tallest volcano in SE Asia, in the Kerinci Seblat National Park.
I think it's Dendragama boulengeri, but not 100% certain!
Spotted on Dec 26, 2012
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012
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7 Comments
Amazing! Really cool!
Thanks, S Frazier. You're moral support helped me gain the confidence I need to add an identification ;) Hopefully it's right!
It certainly looks like other images from Kerinci Seblat of the Sumatran agama Dendragama boulengeri.
I'm pretty sure it's not an Oriental garden lizard, and especially not a Horsfield's spiny lizard (endemic to India). Wish there were more field guides for reptiles available in Indonesia!
Horsfield's spiny lizard...?
Oriental garden lizard?
Nice set of pics.