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
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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
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.
Regards,
Mrudul Godbole
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?
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.
Nice compo.
A type of Oriental Garden Lizard?
Thanks & Regards
Sagar Patil,
Thane
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.
Last edited by Abhishek Jamalabad; 27-02-2010 at 09:30 PM.
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