Help Id Lizard And Snake

[Chaam local]

This little guy (or big guy actually, maybe 40 or 50 cm from head to tail) is living in a hole in my garden. I'm curious to know what kind of lizard it is, as well as the name in Thai. I've seen all sorts of lizards around my house, but they're usually smaller.

As I was taking pictures of the lizard, I spotted another visitor. Can someone confirm that this is a rat snake?

[Tywais]

Ging Gah is what my wife says the lizard is. See them near our house often. Noo Sing is the snake. Pretty sure it is a rat snake. Thailand Snakes

She said they both are delicious.

[Tywais]

Believe this is the same type of lizard out our back door.

[canuckamuck]

Yep the lizard is ging ga,looks like a type of iguana really.

The snake is a rat snake. I had a nice one in a soup just last week.

[TPI]

Snake eaters, lizard eaters, ah! Wonderful Thailand!

[Chaam local]

Thank you for your replies. I'm glad to know it's a rat snake, if it eats mice and frogs that's ok with me.

For the lizard what my wife calls "ginka" is rather this type:

The ones I've seen are small and run on their hind legs.

Tywais on your picture I would have thought it was a gekko or tookay?

[Tywais]

Tywais on your picture I would have thought it was a gekko or tookay?

I think you're right, my wife just looked at the photo I posted and said it was tookae, has long toes and the head. I just never seen one that close to me during the daytime - about 1 meter away and just eying me. She said that yours and the one I photoed below are both ginka but different types. The one below and I've seen the type you posted do run quite fast.

[canuckamuck]

Gink ga is generally all of the little lizards that have that iguana look about them. It is not a real name. This isn't the cradle of science here after all.

[Goshawk]

OP's lizard = Common Butterfly Lizard (Leiolepis belliana)

[Goshawk]

Tywais, yours is a Garden Fence Lizard (Calotes versicolor). As the latin name suggests, they can change their colour.

[Goshawk]

^ thats your 2nd pic, obviously... (before the, 'no its not its a tokay!' crowd jump in)

[Tywais]

Thanks Goshawk, was hoping you might pop in and correct my mess.

[Chaam local]

Thanks Goshawk! So, according to Wikipedia, the name in Thai is วงศ์ย่อยแย้ (not sure how to pronounce: wong-yoy-yaeh?).