The oriental garden lizard, also called the eastern garden lizard, Indian garden lizard, common garden lizard, bloodsucker or changeable lizard, is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in indo-Malaya. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world.
Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
By Chamith Siriwardena
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Uploaded Sep 6, 2016. Captured Sep 3, 2016 15:00 in Unnamed Road, Sri Lanka.
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If this specimen was found in Wilpattu, then it's unlikely to be C. liolepis since they are found in the wet zones of Sri Lanka. And another marker that distinguished C. liolepis from the other Calotes is that there's a prominent dorsal crest and these spines don't continue as prominently down their back and are downward. These spines on C. versicolor are pointed upward. Also on a superficial level this lizard looks very similar to C. versicolor due to the distinct grey-brown colour and distinct striped radiating from the eyes that I've seen very often in this species. Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago