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Jackson's Chameleon
This bizzare looking creature is a Jackson's Chameleon, but there are only suppose to be skinks and geckos living here. This is an example of an alien species, and this one sure does look like an alien. You normally find these creatures living in the lush mountains of east Africa, but we have lush mountains here in Hawaii, and it's doing quite well. These guys actually have the ability to change their skin pigmentation to blend in with their surroundings. They also have a prehensile tail, which allows them to hang off tree limbs. In addition to that, these guys also have zygodactilic feet, or fused toes. These guys are also sometime called Three-horned Chameleon, because of those 3 horns that you see on their head. Really neat little animal, the Jackson's Chameleon.
We found this guy on a small tree branch in the Kula Botanical Garden.
Jackson's Chameleon
This bizzare looking creature is a Jackson's Chameleon, but there are only suppose to be skinks and geckos living here. This is an example of an alien species, and this one sure does look like an alien. You normally find these creatures living in the lush mountains of east Africa, but we have lush mountains here in Hawaii, and it's doing quite well. These guys actually have the ability to change their skin pigmentation to blend in with their surroundings. They also have a prehensile tail, which allows them to hang off tree limbs. In addition to that, these guys also have zygodactilic feet, or fused toes. These guys are also sometime called Three-horned Chameleon, because of those 3 horns that you see on their head. Really neat little animal, the Jackson's Chameleon.
We found this guy on a small tree branch in the Kula Botanical Garden.