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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.
A male Oriental garden lizard Hardwick's spiny-tailed lizard Ceylon chameleon Persian spider gecko Leopard gecko Mediterranean house gecko Snake-eyed lizard Ocellated skink Bronze mabuya Yellow monitor Thar desert monitor. There are 86 species of Lacertilia (lizards and relatives) in Pakistan. Family Agamidae (agamas) - 22 species
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Nilgiri forest lizard (Calotes nemoricola) India; Black-lipped forest lizard (Calotes nigrilabris) Sri Lanka; 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
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This group of lizards includes some more popularly known, such as the domesticated bearded dragon, Chinese water dragon, and Uromastyx species. One of the key distinguishing features of the agamids is their teeth, which are borne on the outer rim of their mouths ( acrodonts ), rather than on the inner side of their jaws ( pleurodonts ).