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Oriental Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Photo by Nicole_Koshy
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Non Breeding Male

Habitat:

Mangroves in Salt Pans

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
jazz.mann
Yep. It gets my crocodiles totally wrong. And it cannot determine the finer shades of which kind of monitor lizard. But for birds it is really amazing. Anyway that spotting was mine. Would you like to make an ID suggestion for it? Thanks.
Nicole_Koshy
You are right that Google lens isn't the most reliable. But it mostly does put you in the general ballpark for general stuff.
Nicole_Koshy
The one you mentioned is almost certainly Oriental Garden Lizard. Can't identify the gender, however.
jazz.mann
OK thanks. When you say "Google" below, do you mean google "lens" feature of google photo? I use that a lot, but I don't trust it so much for reptiles. but its amazing for birds!
Nicole_Koshy
I've seen the one in the post you referenced. And Google says Oriental Garden Lizard for that one too. It could be that she is female. Let me as a friend and get back to you.
jazz.mann
Hi Nicole, nice photo. Do you think this one is also the same species: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/591248378
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PublishedJune 4, 2021

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