#1798 · 🦎 reptiles

Forest Garden Lizard

🇳🇱 Bloedzuigeragaam ·Calotes emma

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Woraphot Bunkhwamdi · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © dava123 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Rueangrit Promdam · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Troup Dresser · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. น้ำตกสวนใหม่:© Sajee Kongsuwan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 莫里热带雨林风景区, 德宏傣族景颇族自治州, 云南省, CN:© OmniProgWalrus · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Khlong Sok, Phanom District, Surat Thani 84250, Thailand:© Shaan Aroeste · CC BY 4.0
9. Khao Sok Any Hotel, Tambon Khlong Sok, Amphoe Phanom, Chang Wat Surat Thani 84250, Thailand:© Rainer Theuer · CC BY 4.0
10. Mae Chedi Mai, Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai 57260, Thailand:© Woraphot Bunkhwamdi · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Emma Gray's forest lizard ( Calotes emma ) is an agamid lizard found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,409iNaturalist observations
weight 28.1 gadult, up to
length 9.5 cmadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,409 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 28 g.
About 10 cm long.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1845 (181 years ago).