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Calotes versicolor
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species of reptile
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyAgamidae
Observations recorded29,514
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,863
- With media
- 89
- Family
- Agamidae
- Collections
- MVZ, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Cambodia, Thailand, Oman
Wikidata facts
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- Calotes versicolor
- taxon name
- Calotes versicolor
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- Bloedzuiger
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- P10585
- woman
- short name
- C. versicolor
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Description
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