Eutropis multifasciata | Lizard

Eutropis multifasciata (Photo Credit by : bagus_leuser)

Eutropis multifasciata | Lizard

Get male sex. Dark brown with black spots. This lizard has a muscular body, rough head scales and three dorsal scales.
Short snout, vertebals 43 and lamellae below the toes number 17. The nostrils are located in the back of the nasal shield, a postnasal shield 1 (a pair) as well as supranasal procedures as in Figure 1.
These characteristics are in accordance with the description by Das (2016), the back is olive brown, with a dark brown stripe bright white or yellowish brass on the side of the body. The esophagus, in bright red adult males sometimes has dark spots, in non-patterned beige female animals. Stomach is greenish white.

HABITAT AND BEHAVIOR

These lizards are usually found on the outskirts of the forest, gardens, fields / fields, rice fields, and in residential areas. Garden lizards spend most of their time on the ground. Usually these lizards like rocky cracks and cliffs as a place to live and to look for prey. 
Its prey is small insects, worms, spiders, larvae, and sometimes other smaller reptiles. Lizards that are kept also like pieces of vegetables or fruits. If threatened, the garden lizard defends itself by deciding its autotomy to divert its attention, while the lizard itself will run away. 

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These lizards are very often sought after by residents, especially children, who often catch and make these lizards as pets or toys.

SPREAD

These lizards are widespread in much of South and Southeast Asia, ranging from eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Riau Islands, Bangka-Belitung, Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara , Kalimanan, Sulawesi) and the Philippines (Negros Island, Panay Island, Palawan Island, Calamian Islands and Luzon Island).

This is one of the world biodiversity that can be found.

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