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                                     ஓணான் | Oriental garden lizard

                 An Oriental Garden Lizard can change its colors to suit a situation, mostly as a camouflaging mechanism. It assumes the color of the surface it is on. This trait gives it its scientific name Calotes versicolor, where ‘versicolor’ has been derived from the Latin words verso (“turn”) and color (“color”). It is a natural biological pest controller that keeps a check on the insect population in the ecological system.

Oriental Garden Lizards are vertebrates, meaning they have a spine or a backbone. Their usual foraging technique is to sit and wait, where they spend most of their time perched in one location waiting for their prey to pass. Then, with a quick burst of speed, they sprint after their prey, snatching them up with their tongues. 

One serious threat to these natural pest controllers is the use of insecticides and pesticides in our gardens. These chemical-laden insecticides often kill their prey base which either forces them to move to a different territory or die after ingesting these infected insects.

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