What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Variable agama been recorded?

Calotes versicolor occurrence evidence comes from 1,753 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1896 to 2026. Most records come from Myanmar.

Variable agama
Variable agama — Photo (display-sized rendition): Sifat Sharker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SquamataAgamidaeCalotes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,753 records across 25 countries and territories, 1896–2026.

Calotes versicolor · GBIF taxon key 9125207

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18962026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Variable agama has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Variable agama. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Myanmar 522
Thailand 342
Singapore 278
India 212
Sri Lanka 83
Bangladesh 42
Indonesia 28
Malaysia 27
Mauritius 25
Maldives 25
Nepal 23
British Indian Ocean Territory 22
Vietnam 20
Pakistan 18
Hong Kong 15
Réunion 14
Laos 13
Oman 12
China 9
Cambodia 9
Afghanistan 6
Brunei 4
Northern Mariana Islands 2
Bhutan 1
Guam 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.