Common Green Forest Lizard

Common Green Forest Lizard

Calotes calotes

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Periyar National Park
2 Verified records at Periyar National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Calotes calotes, the common green forest lizard, is an agamid lizard found in the forests of the Western Ghats and the Shevaroy Hills in India, and Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Green Forest Lizard at Periyar National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
80–90%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
4 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
5 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
6 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
7 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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