#1623 · 🦎 reptiles

Indian Garden Lizard

🇳🇱 Bloedzuiger ·Calotes versicolor

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Devika M B · CC BY 4.0
2. © Prajwal J Ullal · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Salman Baloch · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Salman Baloch · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Sagarika Gupta · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Elavarasan M · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Shilpa Housing Society, Rambaug Colony, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra, India:© Dhruva Punde · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Shivalaya Society, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India:© Dhruva Punde · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. C8V4+QJ, Journalists Colony Phase 3, Phase 3, Hyderabad, Telangana 500046, India:© Shreyas · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Goidhoo, Baa Atoll, Maldives:© Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The oriental garden lizard , eastern garden lizard or changeable lizard ( Calotes versicolor ) is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in Asia. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 37,814iNaturalist observations
weight 48.1 gadult, up to
length 11.2 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.
37,814 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 48 g.
About 11 cm long.
Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1802 (224 years ago).