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Oriental Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

A smallish lizard, basking on the top of the undergrowth.

Habitat:

Tropical wet evergreen montane forest.

Species ID Suggestions

oriental garden lizard

Calotes versicolor

Reference Link
Scott Frazier
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Comments (2)
Scott Frazier
You're welcome Pam. Yes it is SO variable, hence the species epithet "versicolor". http://www.finedictionary.com/Versicolor.html
pamsai
Thanks Scott. Can this one species have so many different design patterns ? Amazing. No wonder I get confused !!

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Biodiversity of Western Ghats (India)
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PublishedDecember 4, 2015

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