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Oriental Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Photo by Harsha Singh
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Field Notes

Description:

The color of its head varied from orange to light brown.

Habitat:

Bottle gourd vine.

Notes:

It kept running away from me. Made me run a lot up and down the staircase to get some pictures.

Species ID Suggestions

Calotes versicolor

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Dan Doucette
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Comments (11)
Harsha Singh
Do drop in at Chamba, Dalhousie, Khajjiar. :)
Ashish
Sure.. I will try best tips on Indian locations... Actually all rural India is good feast for spotting..!!
HemaShah
Okay ,so when i visit India i will ask you for a list of must see stuff!
Ashish
Bollywood do not have anything from Real Himachal...!! Around Chenab river..its most beautiful..!!
HemaShah
Will visit with my friend Swarna. Himachal is in all bollywood movies at least the old ones!
Ashish
Emma...next time take at least 2 weeks to visit Himachal Pradesh...!!
Ashish
Alice..its a nice pose(4th)
Harsha Singh
Ashish and Dan, thanks for identifying it. Alice, it was trying to run away all the time. Same with the picture 4, so a little blurred. You are right Emma. Himachal has so much to show. You sound like you have been here....?
HemaShah
Himachal is a great place to be!!

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Photographed
PublishedAugust 6, 2011

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