Blue Crested Tree Lizzard @ Deejai

The Blue Crested Tree Lizard also known as the Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard, Indochinese Agama and White-lipped Calotes was first described by DUMÉRIL & BIBRON in 1837 who gave it the scientific name  Calotes mystaceus.

The lizard is able to change colour, albeit slower than a chameleon, from a drab brown to a vibrant cobalt blue. A few of these have been hanging around the garden at Deejai Backpackers and at the new Deejai Garden on Ratchamanka Road in Chiang Mai's old city.