Oriental Garden Lizard
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Oriental Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Silhouette: Vijay Karthick · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Kaziranga National Park
2 Verified sightings at Kaziranga National Park From 2019 to 2026
429 Verified sightings across all 29 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Oriental Garden Lizard

The oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor), 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.

Calotes versicolor is an insectivore, and the male gets a bright red throat in the breeding season. It measures over 10 cm (3.9 in) in length snout-to-vent. Total length including the tail is up to 37 cm (14.5 in). Two small groups of spines, perfectly separated from each other, above each tympanum. Dorsal crest moderately elevated on the neck and anterior part of the trunk, extending on to the root of the tail in large individuals, and gradually disappearing on the middle of the trunk in younger ones. No fold in front of the shoulder, but the scales behind the lower jaw are much smaller than the others; gular sac not developed. From thirty-nine to forty-three series of scales round the middle of the trunk. The hind foot (measured from the heel to the extremity of the fourth toe) is not much longer than the head in the adult, whilst it is considerably longer in the young. The coloration... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~70%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~70%
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~60%
4 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
5 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
6 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~40%
7 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
8 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
9 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~30%
10 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
11 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
12 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~30%
13 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
14 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
15 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
16 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
17 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
18 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
19 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
20 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
21 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
22 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
23 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
24 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
25 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
26 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
27 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
28 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
29 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
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