Where to see
Calotes calotes
Sinharaja Forest Reserve leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Green Forest Lizard during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
In Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Common Green Forest Lizard sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Udawalawe National Park and more
After Sinharaja Forest Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Green Forest Lizard are in Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 40%), Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 40%) and Horton Plains National Park (Sri Lanka, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August–September and November–March in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (about 90%), November in Udawalawe National Park (about 70%) and November in Wilpattu National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Green Forest Lizard on a given day. Each park's Common Green Forest Lizard page has the full month-by-month chart.
