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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.
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3.1.1.1.1 Calotesdd calotes (common green forest lizard ... 3.1.1.1.4 Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡ ...
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. The lizard has a concave forehead, swollen cheeks and smooth, unequal upper head-scales.
Several Calotes iadina, or emerald dragon lizards. Photos from Jens V. Vindum via Wang, Deepak, Das, Grismer, Liu and Che (2024)
Orange-lipped forest lizard (Calotes aurantolabium) Southern Western Ghats, sp. nov. Green forest lizard (Calotes calotes) South India, Sri Lanka; Emma gray's forest lizard (Calotes emma) northeast India. Large scaled forest lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) Western Ghats; Jerdon's forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni) India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya ...
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