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Despite it's dangerous sounding name and visage / persona, the Girgit or Calotes lizard is not just harmless but also useful, as it exterminates insect pests.

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Despite it's dangerous sounding name and visage / persona, the Girgit or Calotes lizard is not just harmless but also useful, as it exterminates insect pests.

flowers · music

Rang badal gaye girgit ke! Why do people accuse each other of changing colours like a Girgit? The Calotes Lizard has been much maligned by this analogy, for no fault of its own...

flowers · music

Despite it's dangerous sounding name and visage / persona, the Girgit or Calotes lizard is not just harmless but also useful, as it exterminates insect pests.

flowers · music

Rather ET like in persona, at least from behind, this Garden Lizard sits and contemplates its day ahead.

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The oriental garden lizard, eastern garden lizard, Indian garden lizard, common garden lizard, bloodsucker, or changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor) is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in Indo-Malaya.

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Lizard of the Calotes kind crawls up leaves and undergrowth with ease, keeps its mouth or gape open, showing its menacing teeth, and nods up and down in a threatening fashion.

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As seen in the 1990's in a north Indian open grassland, is this a Calotes garden lizard or an even smaller species of a small north Indian reptile? Help us identify the reptilian!

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Looking thin, emaciated and harmless, this Girgit Lizard, also known as Bloodsucker sits on a lemon shrub and waits patiently for prey, its eyes half closed in an act of innocence and acted out meditation! Despite it's dangerous sounding na…

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An Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor), also known as the Changeable Lizard, perched vertically on a weathered tree stump. Its brownish-olive colouration closely matches the texture of the bark, providing effective camouflage.

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An Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor), also known as the Changeable Lizard, resting on a thick green plant stem. The reptile remains motionless while firmly gripping the smooth branch with its claws.

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The bustling region of West Delhi turned silent for the spring-summer lockdown of 2020. Then the city emerged in the exuberance of the Covid19 proliferation and spread! Roads go empty and the city is eerily silent...

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West Delhi is a bustling metropolis in its own right, but this video shows otherwise! During the infamous Corona lockdown of 2020, such crowded localities as Rajouri Garden and Paschim Vihar turned into ghost towns, with barely a soul or a…

highway · flowers

The normally crowded Rajouri Garden - Paschim Vihar belt of West Delhi turns into a ghost-town with virtually no vehicles on the road, no pedestrians and little sign of life.

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An opportunistic feeder and common in urban areas and around human settlements, a northern squirrel or Gilheri (Five-striped Palm Squirrel or Funanbulus pennantii) in Hindi is seen in the gardens of Wilderness Orchard in Delhi.

Tamil Nadu·flowers · politics

The Government Botanical Garden in the Hill Station of Ooty was created by the Britishers in the 1800s. This Park is run by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu·hills · forest

Nestled amidst the Blue Mountains the quintessential town of Ooty allures visitors in abundance to witness its postcard picture perfect beauty.

Madhya Pradesh·temple · flowers

The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is viewed from outside, showing visitors moving across the परिसर. People are seen returning after worship, while others take photographs near the temple structures.

bazaar · flowers

From fresh asparagus, cold meat cuts, Shitake mushrooms to juicy raspberries, blueberries and going dry to walnuts.

Maharashtra·festival · river

Celebrated around in the month of March, when Spring is in full swing and the whole Forest is in bloom, Uli, is the greatest festival of the Pawaras, an indigenous forest dwelling tribe, living in the Satpuda mountain range in the Narmada r…

Nandurbar, Maharashtra·festival · river

Celebrated around in the month of March, when Spring is in full swing and the whole Forest is in bloom, Uli, is the greatest festival of the Pawaras, an indigenous forest dwelling tribe, living in the Satpuda mountain range in the Narmada r…

festival · river

Celebrated around in the month of March, when Spring is in full swing and the whole Forest is in bloom, Uli, is the greatest festival of the Pawaras, an indigenous forest dwelling tribe, living in the Satpuda mountain range in the Narmada r…

Maharashtra·festival · river

Celebrated around in the month of March, when Spring is in full swing and the whole Forest is in bloom, Uli is the greatest festival of the Pawaras, an indigenous forest dwelling tribe, living in the Satpuda mountain range in the Narmada ri…