Wildlife & Flora
Variegated Mountain Lizard
Variegated Mountain Lizard (Japalura Variegata Gray) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Jamacho Peak, Ain Daada, Swana Gau.
- Scientific name
- Japalura Variegata Gray
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
Mostly found in the eastern Himalayas of Nepal and India, Japalure Variegated is also known as East Himalayan Mountain Lizard. A passerby can easily trace it just by looking at its attracting body features covered with many small keeled scales all over the head, trunk, and throat and a nuchal crest composed of triangular lobes. Moreover, this native reptile of Sikkim has characteristic bands on the head and side of the neck.