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ORANGE SACS FLASHED
The young Oriental Garden Lizards flashed his "gular sacs" several times. This is an uncommon sighting. Usually, the male will do this to attract the ladies. In this case, he may be warning Dr Sing who was videoing him.
1:51 - 2:08. Dr Sing Kong Yuen visited the Esplanade to check on the Oriental Garden Lizards as some days, there were none or one or two.
Today, a surprise.
ACT 1. The young lizard hopped on the bench and came towards his side...down the ground and disappeared. Flashed "gular sacs" once or twice briefly.
Went to back of bench and I was able to take close up photo at 1 foot away of him at the side of the bench, see below. He did not attempt to run away.
ACT 2. The lizard appeared some time later. POSED ON THE TREE TRUNK FOR MY VIDEO. BEHAVIOUR OF FLASHING GULAR SACS MORE TIMES.
VERY RARE sighting of the young ones of this species. A review of the Oriental Garden Lizard in the internet shows 99% adult ones from various countries. Dr Sing was just 12 feet away, and this young lizard was not running away, but appeared to give a one-to-one performance in the Forecourt Garden of the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay on 5 Oct 2020, around 11 am.
A SOLO PERFORMANCE WITH ENCORES of flashing the "gular sacs"
0:00 to 0:31 saw Dr Sing videoing and flashed the orange "gular sacs"
0:55 - 1:05 went down the tree trunk, facing the ground
1:12 - 1:24 again flashed the "gular sacs"
2:16 - 2:47 flash again very short bursts
3:15 - 3:34 Dr Sing was around 10 feet away
3:47 - 4:01
4:33 - 5:00
Ran to back of tree trunk and hop to the ground, ending the performance.
0:37 - 0:50 bobbing the head and chest up and down to intimidate predators/others. Usually seen in adult males in breeding season.
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