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title: "Vietnamese Blue Crested Lizard"
description: "Calotes bachae — Rettili. Calotes bachae, the Cochinchina lizard, is a species of lizards in the family Agamidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/vietnamese-blue-crested-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vietnamese Blue Crested Lizard

> Calotes bachae — Rettili. Calotes bachae, the Cochinchina lizard, is a species of lizards in the family Agamidae.

- Scientific name: *Calotes bachae*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `urban` (Città e giardini), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1153
- Wikidata: [Q3271916](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3271916)
- iNaturalist taxon: [318654](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318654)

## Names

- en: Vietnamese Blue Crested Lizard
- de: Vietnamesische Schönechse

## Countries with the most observations

VN (1008), KH (18)

## Summary

Calotes bachae, the Cochinchina lizard, is a species of lizards in the family Agamidae. It is known from southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. Its range may extend into southern Laos.This species is found in open areas of Cat Tien National Park, in dense tropical forests in Bu Gia Map National Park and in parks in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. It was formerly thought that Calotes bachae was Calotes mystaceus which inhabits in Burma and Thailand due to their similar appearance. However, genetic analysis and studying the size and scale characteristics have shown that they are separate species. The result of study was…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotes_bachae

## Photo

![Vietnamese Blue Crested Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vietnamese-blue-crested-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Olly Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70963118

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/vietnamese-blue-crested-lizard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).