ID plz

[Bibhav Behera]

Need help in IDing this one. Def not a garden lizard. I liked the patterns on its head and back. Posting a colour version too for the ID.

Canon EOS 1000D, Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
SS 1/500 (+0.3)
F 8
ISO 400

[Bibhav Behera]

Posting the Colour Version...

[Mrudul Godbole]

The vertical composition is nice. The details and the colours are good. Is it a Forest Calotes? Liked the colour image better. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Good image. I like the colour version better.
It does look like a calotes, probably a non-breeding male forest calotes Calotes rouxi...How large was it?

[Bibhav Behera]

It was around 12 inches from nose to tail. Im not sure if it is a forest calotes. The radial patterns around the eye and the alternate banding on the back seem to suggest otherwise.

[Sagar Patil]

Nice compo.
A type of Oriental Garden Lizard?

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

The radial bands and dorsal stripes are seen in non-breeding males and juvenile males of the sps. Calotes rouxi. At first glance, the lizard looked relatively big to me, but ~12 inches is about the size of an adult Forest Calotes. So I would say this is an adult male Forest Calotes Calotes rouxi.

One strange thing: The J.C.Daniel book and wikipedia both do not mention this species from east India... both say it is found abundantly in the Western Ghats. :confused: