An oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) was spotted laying eggs at an industrial unit at Byasnagar in eastern India on May 16th. <br /><br />Environmentalist Manas Ranjan Mahanty managed to film the rare sight.<br /><br />After laying the eggs, the lizard covered the hole with mud and went away. <br /><br /> "Lizards usually avoid humans. But this one was not bothered by the human presence at all," Manas said.<br /><br />“I never thought I would get a chance to witness the rare event let alone film it,” he added.<br /><br />Oriental garden lizards lay about 10 - 20 eggs which hatch in about 6 weeks.
