Calotes grandisquamis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Calotes grandisquamis, the large-scaled forest lizard, is an arboreal, diurnal, insectivorous agamid lizard found in the evergreen rainforests of the Western Ghats of India; distributed from Agumbe to Agasthyamalai Hills.
Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. Ganesh, S. R.; S. R. Chandramouli 2013. Identification of Two Similar Indian Agamid Lizards Calotes nemoricola Jerdon, 1853 and C.grandisquamis Günther, 1875. Russ. J. Herpetol. 20 (1): 33–35.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Large Scaled Forest Lizard sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 7 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Large Scaled Forest Lizard in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Scaled Forest Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Periyar National Park, in our data
Periyar National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Large Scaled Forest Lizard sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Scaled Forest Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Periyar National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
