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Changeable Lizard
Calotes versicolor
22.4214, 114.205
Field Notes
Description:
Dorsum tan or grey, with or without irregular dark crossbar markings or mottling.
Head large and bony. A prominent crest begins at the neck and extends down the body. Crest absent in hatchlings.
Scales strongly keeled except those on top of head.
3-5 dark-coloured streaks fan out from each eye. Underside greyish.
Tail long, whip-like, more than twice the body length; banded with brown.
Adult males have a gular pouch; black and red when in full colour. Females more drab in coloration.
Habitat:
A sun-loving lizard. Often seen basking on shrubs or wall or foraging on the ground.
Prefers dry, open shrubland and edges of cultivated fields.
Scarce in dense forest; possibly absent in mountain grassland.
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