The
Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes)
is native to Sri Lanka, the Western Ghats and has now
been introduced successfully into regions of southeast
Asia, like Singapore and China.
Green Garden Lizards can actually
change their colour to reflect their moods, but not
as well as Chameleons. The transition from colour to
colour is actually quite quick as well. As their name
specifies, the Green Garden Lizard's main colour is
green, but they can also be a light brown or grey as
well.
Green Garden Lizards have seperately moveable eyes
to watch out for predators and food at all times. Unlike
most lizards, their tails do not break off either. These
lizards eat mostly insects, but do tend to eat small
mammals and lizards as well. When the Green
Garden Lizard catches it's prey, it shakes
it around to stun it. The food is then eaten whole,
and not torn apart. |
