Wildlifeof China
Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard
Agamids & Forest Lizards
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Calotes mystaceus
China Red List: Least Concern (LC)
Basic stats
Diet
Crickets, grasshoppers, moths and other insects
Habitat
Forest, treed neighbourhoods and city parks; terrestrial and arboreal; diurnal
Range
China (Yunnan), India (Mizoram), Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and southern Vietnam
Size
Maximum 42 cm; common 28 cm
The Indo-Chinese forest lizard or blue crested lizard (Calotes mystaceus) is an agamid found in Yunnan in China, north-eastern India, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, and reported from Bangladesh. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)
Maximum length is 42 cm, with a common length of 28 cm. It is terrestrial and arboreal, diurnal, and found naturally in forest but also in treed neighbourhoods and city parks. It feeds on crickets, grasshoppers, moths and other insects. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What does the Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard eat?
- Crickets, grasshoppers, moths and other insects
- What habitat does the Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard live in?
- Forest, treed neighbourhoods and city parks; terrestrial and arboreal; diurnal
- Where is the Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard found?
- China (Yunnan), India (Mizoram), Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and southern Vietnam
- How big is the Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard?
- Maximum 42 cm; common 28 cm