The Blood Sucking Lizard (it may sometimes have a red head, but it does not really suck blood).
I adore these lizards, as they have so much character, and you can often get very close, as they cock their head to one side, as tho’ summing you up. There are a good many around now, sunning themselves, checking you out, looking for mating partners, jumping to eat a tasty grasshopper, bobbing their heads, and normally not moving until you are almost close enough to touch them. Look for them on top of hedgerows, like in Lions Park Sai Kung, or around the low concrete walls a