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Oriental garden lizard

Calotes versicolor

Photo by sunnyjosef
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Field Notes

Description:

About 35 cm including tail. A fly has landed nearby an in an instant it shot it's tongue out to capture the fly.

Habitat:

Trees and shrubs.

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Oriental garden lizard

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Comments (6)
sunnyjosef
Thank you Rob... His movements are also very deliberate and slow!!!! Just like a gangster!! :-)
RobThacker
Beautiful pics! number 2 just makes me think of the God Father!
sunnyjosef
Thank you Stanislav Greš.. If you look closely you could see the fly inside in the third photo!!!

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedApril 19, 2014

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