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A Morningside Lizard with half-shed skin In another day or two this lizard would be at maximum brightness, but at this moment it still had some patches of unshed skin, including most of its tail. These lizards are known from only a single patch of forest. Calotes desilvai,Geotagged,Sri Lanka,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

A Morningside Lizard with half-shed skin

In another day or two this lizard would be at maximum brightness, but at this moment it still had some patches of unshed skin, including most of its tail. These lizards are known from only a single patch of forest.

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The Morningside Lizard

''Calotes desilvai'', commonly known as the Morningside lizard, or the Ceylon black-band whistling lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. ''Calotes desilvai'' is one of seven ''Calotes'' species endemic to Sri Lanka.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
Species identified by John Sullivan
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By John Sullivan

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Uploaded Sep 13, 2019. Captured Aug 15, 2019 21:19 in Kalawana, Sri Lanka.
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  • PENTAX K-3 II
  • f/16.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.