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Oriental Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor + Skeleton in lucite block.

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Oriental Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor + Skeleton in lucite block.
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Length of the Lizard from head to hind legs is 9 cm(3.5 inch), from head to tail end is 32 cm(12.6 inch).

Oriental Garden Lizard

Crested Tree Lizard - Calotes versicolor

Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Agamidae Genus: Calotes

These lizards can change their colours, quite rapidly, but not as rapidly as chameleons.

Crested Tree Lizards are usually a dull brown, grey or olive with speckles or bands, but can can be seen in other colours such as bright green. These colour changes may reflect their moods.

During the breeding season, the male's head and shoulders turns bright orange to crimson and his throat black.
Males also turn red-headed after a successful battle with rivals. Thus their other gruesome name of "Bloodsucker Lizard". But they don't actually suck anybody's blood! Both males and females have a crest from the head to nearly the tail, hence their common name "Crested Tree Lizard".

Crested Tree Lizards are related to iguanas (which are found only in the New World). Unlike other lizards, they do not drop their tails (autotomy), and their tails can be very long, stiff and pointy. Like other reptiles, they shed their skins. Like chameleons, Crested Tree Lizards can move each of their eyes in different directions.

Crested Tree Lizards eat mainly insects and small vertebrates, including rodents and other lizards. Although they have teeth, these are designed for gripping prey and not tearing it up. So prey is swallowed whole, after it is stunned by shaking it about. Sometimes, young inexperienced Crested Tree Lizards may choke on prey which are too large. They are commonly found among the undergrowth in open habitats including highly urban areas. The lizards were introduced to Singapore from Malaysia and Thailand in the 1980s.