Oriental Garden Lizard
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Oriental Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
21 Verified records at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Oriental Garden Lizard sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 21 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Common Green Forest Lizard
LC

Common Green Forest Lizard

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Calotes calotes

80–90% · Very likely
Sri Lanka Agama
LC

Sri Lanka Agama

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Calotes liolepis

30–40% · Possible
Morningside Lizard
CR

Morningside Lizard

Reptile

Calotes desilvai

Insufficient data
Wiegmann's Agama
LC

Wiegmann's Agama

🌅 Crepuscular Reptile

Otocryptis wiegmanni

80–90% · Very likely
Hump Snout Lizard

Hump Snout Lizard

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Lyriocephalus scutatus

60–70% · Likely
Erdelen's Horned Lizard
CR

Erdelen's Horned Lizard

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Ceratophora erdeleni

10–20% · With luck
Rough Nose Horned Lizard
EN

Rough Nose Horned Lizard

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Ceratophora aspera

10–20% · With luck
Karu's Horned Lizard
CR

Karu's Horned Lizard

Reptile

Ceratophora karu

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
30–40
Mar
20–30
Apr
5–10
May
5–10
Jun
20–30
Jul
40–50
Aug
5–10
Sep
40–50
Oct
30–40
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60–70%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60–70%
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
4 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
5 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
6 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
7 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
9 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
10 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
11 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
20–30%
12 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
13 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
14 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
15 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
16 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
17 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
18 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
19 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
20 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
21 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
22 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
23 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
24 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
25 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
26 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Oriental Garden Lizard in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

About 28% of wildlife watchers report a Oriental Garden Lizard sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 21 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Oriental Garden Lizard in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

October has the highest sighting rate for Oriental Garden Lizard in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.

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