Where to see
Calotes versicolor
Udawalawe National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Oriental Garden Lizard during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 13 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Udawalawe National Park
In Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Garden Lizard sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yala National Park and more
After Udawalawe National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Oriental Garden Lizard are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%), Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%) and Minneriya National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%). Outside Asia, the best option is Way Kambas National Park in Southeast Asia (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Udawalawe National Park (about 90%), June–September and December–February in Yala National Park (about 80%) and February, April–May, July–August and October in Wilpattu National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Oriental Garden Lizard on a given day. Each park's Oriental Garden Lizard page has the full month-by-month chart.
