Calotes versicolor

This is the most common diurnal agamid distributed from below 100 m to 3,200 m in Nepal (Schleich and Kästle 2002). The species was frequently observed in and out of the park boundary (Fig. 12).

Sumber: Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal

Changeable Lizard (Figure 10 G; Tengah Forest)

Sumber: Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution

IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2021].

Sumber: Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution

Occurrence. Ubiquitous. Common.

Sumber: Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution

Original description. Daudin (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des reptiles, ouvrage faisant suite, a l'histoiure naturelle, generale et particuliere composee par Leclerc de Buffon, et redigee par C. S. Sonnini, vol. III. Paris, F. Dufart, 452 pp.

Sumber: Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia

Distribution. The species appears to be endemic to India, occurring largely on the Southern Granulite Terrain and the eastern coast of India. The species was found in the Southern Western Ghats, the south-west coast of India, the southern Eastern Ghats, the eastern coast of India till Mahanadi basin in the north, and in the low-elevation areas of Peninsular India between the Eastern and the Western Ghats during this study. The species also has been introduced to the Maldives (Figs 1 - 3).

Sumber: Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia