Leiolepis belliana (Hardwicke and Gray, 1827) Common butterfly lizard. Distribution This species has a specialised habitat consisting of coastal sandy or scrub areas with loose sandy soil. Twenty-five individuals were detected in only two of the thirteen human disturbed forest transects along the coast in rocky, sandy areas. Though this lizard was detected in human disturbed forest areas, it is worth noting that they were detected very near National Park boundaries and are likely in National Park forest as well. Notes This species (Fig. 4) is a medium-sized, diurnal burrowing agamid lizard (Lei et al. 2021). This species is one of five in the genus considered sexual (as opposed to parthenogenetic) (Malysheva et al. 2006). Diet consists of a variety of insects and other invertebrates. Notable characteristics of this species include a flattened body, short limbs and distinctive fringed scales laterally between fore-limb and hind-limb (dorsal lateral) (Grismer et al. 2014). Sexually active males display bright colours including alternating orange and black along the fringe with yellow lateral stripes and dotted markings throughout the dorsum (Hartmann et al. 2012).

Published as part of Cook-Price, Dawn R., Makchai, Sunchai, Naithani, Archana, Pawangkhanant, Parinya & Suwanwaree, Pongthep, 2025, Lizard survey of Ko Pha-gnan in the Surat Thani Province, Thailand, pp. e 154712 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e154712, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e154712