Chameleons
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One of my neighbor's exotics. This chameleon is native to the Saudi Peninsula - Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Slowly showing more and more coloration, this Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) will have much more red streaking his body in about a year's time. You can already see this coloration coming in around his eyes and mouth, with light flourishes painting his legs and abdomen. He's got loads of crickets to eat before then, though--he eats over a dozen a day!
And chameleons really are quite evolved! Seemingly every facet of their being is highly specialized for survival, from their gripping, pincer like feet, to their prehensile tails, to their separately-swiveling eyes, to their color-shifting skin, to their darting tongues. Most chameleons share these incredible traits, be they tiny Leaf Chameleons (like the smallest of all, Brookesia micra, which grows to only an inch in length) or the Parson's Chameleon, which grows to over 25 inches in length, or the size of a house cat!
This panther chameleon, named Queso, lives in captivity.
Panther chameleons are diurnal, which means that they are most active during the day. They spend their days foraging in the trees, searching for insects. They are arboreal, which means that they live in the trees, rather than on the ground. Males are particularly territorial, and will patrol and protect their territories from other males. The largest males have the most productive territories, with a wide variety of food sources.
Houttuynia cordata, also known as fish mint, fish leaf, rainbow plant, chameleon plant, heart leaf, fish wort, or Chinese lizard tail, is one of two species in the genus Houttuynia. It is a flowering plant native to Southeast Asia. It grows in moist, shady locations.
This is Chameleon 2 from the colouring book:
Intricate Ink ANIMALS IN DETAIL by Tim Jeffs.
(Number 7 of 50.)
This one coloured with Koh-I-Noor Aquarell woodless coloured sticks which blend with water.
Before starting I did wonder whether it was wearing a rugby shirt and a Scottish kilt!
This is a macro image I captured some years ago, but for various reasons, mainly technical, I've only just edited. The image shows the Chameleon using it's prehensile tail to cling onto the branch.
On my plot.
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Mediterranean chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) in Cabo de Gata–Nijar Natural Park, Andalusia, Southern Spain.
Do chameleons—like the handsome Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) photographed here—dream? Some recent studies seem to suggest that they do, and REM has been seen in slumbering chams! Sleeping habits vary across species, but most will find an area near their favorite feeding/hunting spot and nestle down amidst the foliage so as to avoid being spotted by nocturnal predators. Many will even drop from their branches at the slightest provocation, tumbling to the ground in hopes that the reason for their fall is a hasty escape from what could have been a predator.
This is a captive panther chameleon and, interestingly, this is the only time I've ever seen him purse his lips, as if caught in a soft snore!
Cologne, Germany, 2014.
Another one from the archives that I finished editing just today.
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