Full-grown adult male, photographed at Pulau
Banding, Temenngor Lake, northern Peninsular Malaysia.
Young adult, probably female, photographed at Layan Beach, Phuket,
southern Thailand.
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This attractive lizard
inhabits various forest habitats including dry deciduous, coastal, and moist
evergreen. It can be spotted on tree trunks, often low down.
Its identifying features
are the single spine above each eye, and twin spines above the typanum
(external ear-drum). Patterning and colouration can include various shades
of brown, green and grey. Males are generally darker during the breeding
season. The fingers and toes are of great length.
The Forest Crested Lizard
ranges from India through Burma, southern China and Thailand to northern
Peninsular Malaysia.
Family : Agamidae
Species : Calotes emma
Size (snout to vent) : up to 10 cm
Size (total length) : up to 38 cm
References : H1, H3
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The tail is nearly three times
body length. |
