Oriental garden lizard: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the oriental garden lizard lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Calotes versicolor
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia
Mass	48.1 g (mean)
Length	112 mm (mean)
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Agamidae

Where does the oriental garden lizard live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the oriental garden lizard in 17 countries and territories across Africa and Asia. In Brunei, Mauritius, Oman, Singapore it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an oriental garden lizard?

Wikidata records the following for the oriental garden lizard: mass 48.1 g (mean); length 112 mm (mean).

Is the oriental garden lizard endangered?

The oriental garden lizard’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the oriental garden lizard?

The oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Agamidae, genus Calotes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the oriental garden lizard

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Oriental garden lizard (revision 1358277472), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q41489 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).