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Calotes versicolor
Bloodsucker
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Photographer: Antonia Pachmann
ID: 0000 0000 0510 0749 (2010-05-08)Copyright © 2010 Antonia Pachmann
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Mar 2008
location
Medirigiriya (Ceylon, Sri Lanka)family
Agamidae
order
Squamata
class Reptilia
habitat basically everywhere even in human settlements. They do not occur in undisturbed rainforestnotes Indians and the people of Sri Lanka call this lizard 'bloodsucker', because the males get a reddish head in mating season and when threatened. Some still belive, that they suck your blood, when you look at them and they turn red.keywords: calotes versicolor versicolour Bloodsucker, Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden lizard, Changeable Lizard dragon agama reptile
camera Pentax K100D
photo category: Animal - Reptile
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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Bloodsucker, Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard, Changeable Lizard (photographer)
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