Girgit attacks a sunbird nest at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi: No harm done, female fends off attack

Lizard attacks a sunbird nest at Wilderness Orchard. Girgit attacks a sunbird nest at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi: No harm done, fortunately

Despite it's dangerous sounding name and visage / persona, the Girgit or Calotes lizard is not just harmless but also useful, as it exterminates insect pests.

Rang badal gaye uske girgit ke tarah!

Why do people accuse each other of changing colours like a Girgit? The Calotes Lizard has been much maligned by this analogy, for no fault of its own...

Look at those lovely dainty toes and feet... What is that interesting reptilian behaviour wherein it raises and lowers its head rapidly, up and down?

Indian cities have these bloodsuckers: Girgit lizard is harmless and useful for pest extermination. Commonly seen in city gardens, they are an interesting subject to follow!

While Koels call out in the summer heat, this reptile goes about its task without any concerns in the world, confident in its hunting ability. The males take on a deep orange hue in the front portions of their bodies during the breeding season.The common girgit of an Indian garden! Not a bloodsucker at all, though...

Look at those lovely dainty toes and feet... What is that interesting reptilian behaviour wherein it raises and lowers its head rapidly, up and down?

The Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard or Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in Asia. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world.It is an insectivore and the male gets a bright red throat in the breeding season leading to a common incorrect name of "Bloodsucker".

Two small groups of spines, perfectly separated from each other, above each tympanum. Dorsal crest moderately elevated on the neck and anterior part of the trunk, extending on to the root of the tail in large individuals, and gradually disappearing on the middle of the trunk in younger ones. No fold in front of the shoulder, but the scales behind the lower jaw are much smaller than the others; gular sac not developed. From thirty-nine to forty-three series of scales round the middle of the trunk. The hind foot (measured from the heel to the extremity of the fourth toe) is not much longer than the head in the adult, whilst it is considerably longer in the young. The coloration is very variable, sometimes uniform brownish or greyish-olive or yellowish. Generally broad brown bands across the back, interrupted by a yellowish lateral band. Black streaks radiate from the eye, and some of them are continued over the throat, running obliquely backwards, belly frequently with greyish longitudinal stripes, one along the median line being the most distinct; young and half-grown specimens have a dark, black-edged band across the inter-orbital region.

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