Blue-crested Lizard

Calotes mystaceus

''Calotes mystaceus'', the Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard, Indo-Chinese Bloodsucker or Blue-crested Lizard, is an agamid lizard found in Southeast Asia.
Blue-crested Lizard Big lizard blue color from Pisanulok Province Thailand
 Calotes mystaceus,Geotagged,Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard,Spring,Thailand

Appearance

Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, scarcely enlarged on supraorbital region; a few small spines on each side of the head above the tympanum; latter measuring at least half the diameter of the orbit. Gular sac small; gular scales feebly keeled, as large as dorsals. An oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest well developed in the male,composed of falciform spines directed backwards, the longest measuring the diameter of the orbit; it gradually decreases in height on the back, being reduced to a mere denticulation on the sacrum. 45-53 scales round the middle of the body; dorsal scales keeled, nearly twice as large as ventrals, all directed upwards and backwards; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum or the posterior border of the orbit; fourth finger slightly longer than the third. Tail a little compressed, at the base with a slightly serrated upper ridge. Olive above, frequently with large transverse red spots on the back; lips yellowish.
BlueBeauty «Calotes mystaceus» (Male) | Blue Forest Lizard | Thailand, Erawan NP

Exifs:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III


Lens: Sigma 150 mm
1/500 Sek


f/8.0


ISO 400 Blue,Calotes,Calotes mystaceus,Erawan,Geotagged,Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard,Lizards,Reptiles,Thailand

Distribution

China , Myanmar , Thailand , Cambodia, S Vietnam, Laos and India.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
FamilyAgamidae
GenusCalotes
SpeciesC. mystaceus
Photographed in
Thailand