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Pareeeee
01-25-13, 07:54 PM
Not sure if anyone's seen this - it's such a cool looking lizard!

http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/13/0115calotes-bachae-male.jpg

Article:
Photos: Neon blue dragon discovered in Vietnamese rainforest (http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0115-neon-blue-dragon.html?herp)

dinosaurdammit
01-25-13, 08:08 PM
looks very waterdragon like

Roadtrash
01-25-13, 08:49 PM
That is a cool looking lizard.

poison123
01-25-13, 09:08 PM
@Dino they are both in the agama family. Pare do you have the scientific name?

Pareeeee
01-25-13, 09:41 PM
@Dino they are both in the agama family. Pare do you have the scientific name?

It says in the article: Calotes bachae

More images *found*
http://www.nhandan.com.vn/polopoly_fs/1.388469.1359117955!/image/2688549906.jpg

http://static.kienthuc.net.vn/Images/Contents/quocquan/20130124/Kienthuc-Calotes-bachae-07.jpg

http://static.kienthuc.net.vn/Images/Contents/quocquan/20130124/Kienthuc-Calotes-bachae-01.jpg

and another article: Spectacularly Colored New Lizard Species Found in Vietnamese Rainforest | Biology | Sci-News.com (http://www.sci-news.com/biology/article00819.html)

Hurrok
01-25-13, 10:06 PM
Stunning colours on him, such a great discovery. I swear there is just a whole new world out there that we don't know about. Think of all the new species we keep finding!