Oriental Garden Lizard
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Oriental Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
60–70% · Likely
overall probability at Wilpattu National Park
51 Verified records at Wilpattu National Park
August Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

60–70% of wildlife watchers report a Oriental Garden Lizard sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 51 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Wilpattu National Park

Ceylon Bloodsucker
LC

Ceylon Bloodsucker

🌅 Crepuscular Reptile

Calotes ceylonensis

30–40% · Possible
Common Green Forest Lizard
LC

Common Green Forest Lizard

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Calotes calotes

30–40% · Possible
Devaka’s Fan-throated Lizard
VU

Devaka’s Fan-throated Lizard

🌅 Crepuscular Reptile

Sitana devakai

20–30% · Possible
Lowland Kangaroo Lizard
LC

Lowland Kangaroo Lizard

Reptile

Otocryptis nigristigma

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
60–70
Feb
40–50
Mar
60–70
Apr
70–80
May
50–60
Jun
70–80
Jul
80–90
Aug
60–70
Sep
70–80
Oct
60–70
Nov
50–60
Dec

☀️ 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 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60–70%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60–70%
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
4 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
5 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
6 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
7 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
9 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
10 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
11 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
20–30%
12 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
13 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
14 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
15 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
16 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
17 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
18 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
19 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
20 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
21 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
22 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
23 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
24 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
25 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
26 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Oriental Garden Lizard in Wilpattu National Park?

About 65% of wildlife watchers report a Oriental Garden Lizard sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 51 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Oriental Garden Lizard in Wilpattu National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Oriental Garden Lizard in Wilpattu National Park in our monthly data.

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