Oriental Garden Lizard
Calotes versicolor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAgamidae (Dragons)
- GenusCalotes (Oriental Forest Lizards)
- SpeciesCalotes versicolor (Oriental Garden Lizard)
Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Common Green Forest Lizard
Calotes calotes
Sri Lanka Agama
Calotes liolepis
Morningside Lizard
Calotes desilvai
Wiegmann's Agama
Otocryptis wiegmanni
Hump Snout Lizard
Lyriocephalus scutatus
Erdelen's Horned Lizard
Ceratophora erdeleni
Rough Nose Horned Lizard
Ceratophora aspera
Karu's Horned Lizard
Ceratophora karu
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Khangchendzonga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 18 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 22 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 23 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Oriental Garden Lizard in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
About 32% of visitor-days record a Oriental Garden Lizard sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 21 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Oriental Garden Lizard in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
October has the highest sighting rate for Oriental Garden Lizard in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.