Lizards
Female Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes) inside the mosquito net, in a top floor bedroom
on Gregory’s Road, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.
Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes – red-headed male) on a thatched roof, near Sigiriya, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Land Monitor Lizard (Thalagoya – Varanus bengalensis) drinking from the pool during a drought in the Northern Dry Zone, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
A smaller relative of the Komodo Dragon with chrome-plated claws.
The Black-cheek Lizard (Calotes nigrilarbis) is a mountain lizard found only in Sri Lanka and this one lives in Horton Plains National Park,
Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes) with blue spots on its cheek, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, a long way north of Trincomalee.
Male Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) displaying his finest colours on a rock at Minneriya National Park, North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Four-claw Gecko (Gehyra mutilata) on a garden lamp catching insects, Sri Lanka.
Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes) catching bees on an Areca Nut Palm tree in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.
A Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes) joining us for breakfast at The Shangri-La Hotel, Hambantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Small, elegant and stripy Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) on a sandy soil near the Mahaweli Ganga (River) at Far Cry Resort,
Hettipola, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
A Land Monitor Lizard (Thalagoya – Varanus bengalensis) climbing the wall of a house in the Central Province dry zone near Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.
A female Black-cheek Lizard (Calotes nigrilarbris) on a bamboo bush in Horton Plains National Park, and found only in the Central Province Highlands, Wet Zone of Sri Lanka.
To find this green lizard, follow the brown tail from the bottom of the picture up to its green body.
Fairly Large Water Monitor Lizard (Kaburagoya – Varanus salvator) with webbed feet swimming across a lowland river near Galle,
Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Land Monitor Lizard (Thalagoya – Varanus bengalensis) crossing the road after rain in Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Land Monitor Lizard (Thalagoya – Varanus bengalensis) eating a fish it has caught in Bundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Large-headed and bright green Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor), Sri Lanka.
Small Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor), on an Aloe Vera Plant, near Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Large Water Monitor Lizard (Kaburagoya – Varanus salvator) being harrassed by a Colombo House Crow (Corvus splendens), as it explores for food in Vharamaha Devi Park, Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor), near Tirappane, North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Green Garden Lizard (Calotes calotes) visiting a house in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Small Common House-gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus), on the bedroom floor, Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Land Monitor Lizard (Thalagoya – Varanus bengalensis) looking for a sunny spot to bask in near Tirappane, North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Leschenault’s Snake-eye Lizard (Ophisops leschenaultii), peaking its head through poolside decking, near Tirappane, North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
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