#common green forest lizard

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Common Green Forest Lizard (Calotes calotes), male in breeding colors, family Agamidae, order Squamata, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Photo by Priyanath

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A common green forest lizard (Calotes calotes) on a tree at Sinharaja rainforest in Kalawana, Sri Lanka. Sinharaja is the country’s last viable area of primary tropical rainforest

Photograph: Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

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Common Green Forest Lizard (Calotes calotes), family Agamidae, order Squamata, Uva Province, Sri Lanka

Photo by Shanelle Wikramanayake

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Water monitor (Varanus salvator)

The water monitor is a large lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. Breeding maturity is attained for males when they are a relatively modest 40 cm long, and for females at 50 cm. However, they grow much larger throughout life, with males being larger than females. Adults rarely exceed 1.5–2 m in length, but the largest specimen on record, from Sri Lanka, measured 3.21 m. There are several subspecies. Water monitors defend themselves using their tails, claws, and jaws. They are excellent swimmers, using the raised fin on their tails to steer through water. They are carnivores, and have a wide range of foods. They are known to eat fish, frogs, rodents, birds, crabs, and snakes. They have also been known to eat turtles, as well as young crocodiles and crocodile eggs. Like the Komodo dragon, they will often eat carrion.

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Common Green Forest Lizard (Calotes calotes)

The Common Green Forest Lizard is an agamid lizard found in the forests of the Western Ghats and the Shevaroy Hills in India, and Sri Lanka. Calotes calotes is a considerably large species of agamid, measuring 50 to 65 cm in length, including the tail. The lizard has a bright green dorsal coloration, usually with 5 or 6 white, cream or dark green transverse stripes; however these are changeable. The head is yellowish- or brownish-green whereas the male develops a bright red head and throat in the breeding season. Their main food source are insects.

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Common Green Forest Lizard - Calotes calotes

Males of the Common Green Forest Lizard, scientifically named Calotes calotes (Agamidae), develop a bright red head and throat in the breeding season. This species is native to India and Sri Lanka.

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Photo credit: ©Sachindra Umesh | Locality: Sri Lanka (2014)

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