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Calotes versicolor
Eastern Garden Lizard
As recorded: Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)
Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Agamidae
- Collected by
- S Vogt
- Collector number
- Collector Number: SV 24
- Locality
- Beachhouse 292
- Island
- Diego Garcia
- Region
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Coordinates
- -7.3333, 72.4167
- Identified by
- S R Vogt, US NavyUS Navy →S.R. Vogt →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Calotes versicolor observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 27 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-02-22.
2026-02-22
Diego Garcia, IO
(c) nicole_steiner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-16
British Indian Ocean Territory
(c) Michael Dacko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-11-19
Diego Garcia, BBND 1ZZ, British Indian Ocean Territory
(c) MSTour, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-11-14
Chagos Archipelago
(c) dustinrodgers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-12-22
Diego Garcia, BBND 1ZZ, British Indian Ocean Territory
(c) MSTour, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-01
Diego Garcia, BBND 1ZZ, British Indian Ocean Territory
(c) Paul Block, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Calotes versicolor. BPBM 18262. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92573050. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/18262.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 92573050 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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