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Basic information
Calotes versicolor
Bloodsucker
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyAgamids
GenusForest lizards
- Czech name
- Agama proměnlivá
- English name
- Bloodsucker
- Alternative names
- Lepoještěr pestrý, Blutsaugeragame, Common Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard, Eastern garden lizard, Changeable lizard, Oriental garden lizard, Garden lizard, Indian Garden Lizard, Bloodsucker, Changeable lizard, Indian Garden Lizard, Indian changeable lizard, Oriental Crested Agama, Oriental Garden Lizard, South Indian Crested Agama, Variable agama, Variable Bloodsucker, Verschiedenfarbige Schönechse, 变色树蜥
- Synonyms
- Agama indica, Agama tiedemanni, Agama versicolor, Agama vultuosa, Calotes cristatus, Calotes gigas, Calotes versicolor major, Calotes viridis
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 150 mm
- Body mass
- max 117.5 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~0.43 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 23 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 5 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
- Body temperature
- 25.6–36.1 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 0.5–1 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–33 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–4 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · Q467 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 11938 · dryad-v5