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The oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor), also called the eastern garden lizard, Indian garden lizard, common garden lizard, bloodsucker or changeable lizard, is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in Indo-Malaya. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world.
Calotes is a genus of lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae.The genus contains 29 species.Some species are known as forest lizards, others as "bloodsuckers" due to their red heads, and yet others (namely C. versicolor) as garden lizards.
Calotes calotes is a considerably large species of agamid, measuring 50 to 65 cm (19.5 to 25.5 in) in length, including the tail. [2]The length of head is one and a half times the size of its breadth, the snout is a little longer than the orbit.
There are 86 species of Lacertilia (lizards and relatives) in Pakistan. Family Agamidae (agamas) - 22 species Brachysaura minor (Hardwicke's bloodsucker) Calotes versicolor (Oriental garden lizard, eastern garden lizard or changeable lizard) Japalura kumaonensis (Kumaon mountain lizard) Paralaudakia badakhshana (Badakhshana rock agama)
An invasive type of lizard the size of a dog has been spotted in parts of South Carolina. Here’s where and what to know about the creature. Invasive lizards the size of dogs are roaming SC.
Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Andamans), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, Sumatra; Rough-horned lizard (Ceratophora aspera) Sri Lanka; Small-horned lizard (Cophotis ceylanica) Sri Lanka; Bay Islands forest lizard (Coryphophylax subcristatus) India (Andaman and Nicobar ...
Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can ...
C. jerdoni. Physical structure: A compressed-bodied lizard. This species resembles Calotes maria in pholidotic (scale) and other characters except that it has 45-57 scales round the body; gular scales much larger than the ventral scales; there is an oblique curved fold covered with small granular scales in front of the shoulders; nuchal crest less prominent; the hind-limb reaches to the eye or ...