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This beautiful metallic green lizard has adopted my garden this year, climbing up one of my palm trees or roaming around. He doesn’t seem to be frightened of me; in fact, yesterday he climbed onto the porch. The photos I see of the Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) are of a smaller , skinnier version. So is this the correct identification?

Update: It’s classified as a Physignathus cocincinus( Chinese Water Dragon) and it’s an endangered species in SE Asia.

Many Thais have pickups but during my 20 years living in BKK & rural Thailand, I have never seen these on the highways.
The Thai company is CARRYBOY.