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Oriental garden lizard

Calotes vesicolor

Notes:

A very interesting lizard that may change color depending on it's mood. The males (depicted here) develop a handsome red coloring during the mating seasons and is thus named the "bloodsucker" in some parts of the world.

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3 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes...male it is... I thought its look smaller earlier... Neck portion is thick like male.

CyrenAsteraceyaWong
CyrenAsteraceyaWong 12 years ago

Is it? But it's so red!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

look like female.

Kelang, Selangor, Malaysia

Spotted on Sep 3, 2011
Submitted on Sep 3, 2011

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