ABOVE: Changeable Lizard Calotes versicolor resting on the hanging roots of a giant Ficus caulocarpa fig growing along Jalan Muara in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
Calotes versicolor is native to a huge area of Asia from India to Sulawesi but not including Borneo. It is locally common in Bandar Seri Begawan, where it must have been released or escaped from captivity.
Jalan Muara in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei was originally planted with an avenue of beautiful Rain Trees Samea saman. Rain trees are native to Central America, however the broad flat branches and rough bark of Rain Trees provides the ideal site for many Bornean epiphytes to flourish, including figs.This Ficus caulocarpa is now bigger then the host Rain Tree.
