Friday, June 6, 2014

Common Green Forest Lizard (Calotes calotes)

Female
Male

Female

English : Common Green Forest Lizard
Binomial Name : Calotes calotes
Sinhala : පළා කටුස්සා / [Pala katussa]
A common lizard lives in India and Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, It can be found in places where elevation above the sea level is lesser than 1500 meters. This lizard is arboreal and mostly lives on shrubs and trunks of Trees. Its diet  consists of insects.

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