green crested lizard

Description:

About 25cm total length (body + tail), green in colour but able to change colour, turning darker brown when threatened; Yellow spots behind mouth, a dark ring around each eye, and a dark spot at the back of the head. The males have a crest on the neck not continued on the back, and it has a very long and thin tail.

Habitat:

Spotted during a raining morning walk at Kebun Raya Cibodas, a 80ha area above 1.400 metres high, mix of botanical park with big trees & palms and surrounded by rainforest at the foot of Gene volcano, Java - Indonesia. B. cristatella is found in forests as well as parks and rural areas, also known as the green crested lizard, is a species of agamid lizard endemic to Southeast Asia, found in Malaysia (West Malaysia and Borneo), Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon), South Thailand, south Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills), and India (Nicobar Islands).

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Agamidae Subfamily: Draconinae Genus: Bronchocela Species: B. cristatella