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Chameleon, (family Chamaeleonidae), any of a group of primarily arboreal (tree-dwelling) Old World lizards best known for their ability to change body colour.Other characteristics of chameleons include zygodactylous feet (with toes fused into opposed bundles of two and three), acrodont dentition (with the teeth attached to the edge of the jaw), eyes that move independently, atrophied venom.
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A chameleon is an Old World lizard belonging to the family Chamaeleonidae. Photo editor 2019.
Chameleon (or variants such as chamaeleon and cameleon) may also refer to:
Books[edit]
- Chameleon (Marvel Comics), a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain
- Chameleon (manga), a 1990 Japanese manga series
- Chameleon (novel), a financial thriller novel by Richard Hains
- Reep Daggle or Chameleon, a fictional DC Comics superhero
- Chameleon, a character from the 1977 Piers Anthony novel A Spell for Chameleon
- 'The Chameleon' (short story), an 1884 short story by Anton Chekhov
Computing[edit]
- Cameleon (software), integrated development environment for the Objective Caml programming language
- Chameleon, a suite of TCP/IP client applications from NetManage
- Chameleon (computing), a computer workstation
- Chameleon (GIS), a web mapping application development kit
Films and television[edit]
- Cameleon (film), a 1997 British film
- Chameleon (1995 film), American film
- Chameleon (1998 film), American TV film
- Chameleon (2008 film), Hungarian film
- Chameleon (2016 film), Chilean film
- The Chameleon (1920 film), a silent comedy film
- The Chameleon (2010 film), film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
- The Chameleon, a 1989 adult film by John Leslie
- Chameleon (Battlestar Galactica), a character from Battlestar Galactica
- 'Chameleon' (The Twilight Zone), a 1985 episode of The New Twilight Zone
- 'Chameleon' (Xiaolin Showdown), an episode of Xiaolin Showdown
- 'The Chameleon' (The Outer Limits), an episode of The Outer Limits
- Chameleons (TV movie), a science fiction television program
- The Chameleon, a character from T.U.F.F. Puppy
- The Chameleon, a Kaiju clone character from Godzilla: The Series
Games[edit]
- Chameleon (2005 video game), a stealth-action video game
- Chameleon (Dungeons & Dragons), a prestige class in Dungeons & Dragons
- Chameleon (G.I. Joe), a fictional in the G.I. Joe universe
- Chameleon (Mortal Kombat), a character in the Mortal Kombat video game series
- Chameleon: To Dye For!, a 2008 video game by Starfish SD
- Chameleon (video game console), a cancelled game console
Music[edit]
- The Chameleon Club, a music venue in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Artists[edit]
- Chameleon (American band), a 1970s American band
- Chameleon (Anglo-Canadian band), a country-rock quartet formed in 1975
- Chameleon (British band), a British vocal group founded in 1989 by Nigel Hess
- Chameleone (born 1979), Ugandan musician
- The Chameleons, a UK post-punk band
Albums[edit]
- Caméléon (album), a 2012 album by Shy'm
- Chameleon (EP), a 2017 EP by Grey
- Chameleon (Maynard Ferguson album), 1974
- Chameleon (The Four Seasons album), 1972
- Chameleon (Helloween album), 1993
- Chameleon, a 1980 album by Tiny Tim
Songs[edit]
- 'Caméléon' (song), by Maître Gims
- 'Chameleon' (Ira Losco song), 2015
- 'Chameleon' (Michela Pace song), a 2019 song that represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
- 'Chameleon' (Pnau song), 2016
- 'Chameleon' (composition), a 1973 song by Herbie Hancock from Head Hunters
- 'Chameleon', a 1970 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from Pendulum
- 'Chameleon', a 1976 song by Elton John from Blue Moves
- 'Chameleon', a 2015 song by Hardwell and Wiwek
Science[edit]
- Cameleon (protein), an artificial protein
- Chamaeleon, a constellation
- Chamaeleon (plant), a genus of plants
- Chameleon particle, a hypothetical elementary particle
- American chameleon or Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis), a species of arboreal lizard
Other uses[edit]
- Chamaeleon (philosopher) (c. 350 – c. 275 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
- Operation Chameleon, an anti-reptile smuggling operation by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Operation Chameleon, a rescue operation by Colombian forces of FARC hostages
See also[edit]
- K-Meleon, a web browser
- Kamelion, a fictional character in Doctor Who
- Khameleon, a character in the Mortal Kombat video game series
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Indian chameleon | |
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In Mangaon, Maharashtra, India | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Chamaeleo |
Species: | |
Binomial name | |
Chamaeleo zeylanicus Laurenti, 1768 |
The Indian chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus) is a species of chameleon found in Sri Lanka, India, and other parts of South Asia. Like other chameleons, this species has a long tongue, feet that are shaped into bifid claspers, a prehensile tail, independent eye movement, and the ability to change skin colour. They move slowly with a bobbing or swaying movement and are usually arboreal. Strangely, they do not choose the background colour and may not even be able to perceive colour differences. They are usually in shades of green or brown or with bands. They can change colour rapidly and the primary purpose of colour change is for communication with other chameleons and for controlling body temperature by changing to dark colours to absorb heat.[2][3]
Indian chameleon
Distribution[edit]
Indian chameleon at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat
They are found in India, south of the Ganges River and Chainnsa Type locality: Sri Lanka, restricted by Mertens in 1969.
Description[edit]
The head has a bony casque, ornamented with crests or tubercles. A separation between the eyes, the interorbital septum, is present. Its dentition is acrodont; the teeth are compressed, triangular, and more or less distinctly tricuspid. The palate is toothless. The eyes are large, covered by a thick, granular lids pierced with a small central opening for the pupil. No tympanum or external ear is present. The body is compressed, and the neck is very short. The vertebrae are procoelian; abdominal ribs are present. The limbs are long, raising the body. The digits are arranged in bundles of two and three; in the hand, the inner bundle is formed of three, the outer of two digits; it is the reverse in the foot. The tail is prehensile. The head and body are covered with granules or tubercles.
The casque is much elevated posteriorly, with a strong curved parietal crest; the distance between the commissure of the mouth and the extremity of the casque equals or nearly equals the distance between the end of the snout and the hinder extremity of the mandible; no rostral appendages occur; a strong lateral crest, not reaching the end of the parietal crest, is present; an indication of a dermal occipital lobe is found on each side, not reaching the parietal crest. No enlarged tubercles occur on the body; a feebly serrated dorsal crest is present; a series of conical tubercles form a very distinct crest along the throat and belly. Males have a tarsal process or spur, the tail is longer than head and body. The gular-ventral crest and the commissure of the mouth are white.[4]
From snout to vent, it is up to 7 in long, with a prehensile tail of 8 in.
Notes[edit]
- ^Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Mohapatra, P.; Shankar, G.; Das, A., Murthy, B.H.C.K.; Aengals, A.; Somaweera, R. (2014). 'Chamaeleo zeylanicus'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172657A1360663. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172657A1360663.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^Walton, B. M. and A. F. Bennett. 1993. Temperature-dependent Color Change in Kenyan Chameleons. Physiological Zoology 66(2):270-287 [1]
- ^Durve, V. S and H. S. Sharma. 1975. Some observations on color changes of the Indian chameleon. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 72:107-112.
- ^Boulenger, G. A. 1890 Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
Chameleon 1979 Album
References[edit]
- Barry, A.T. 1936 The Common Chamaeleon (Chamaeleon zeylanicus) in Gujarat J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 38: 201-202
- Gray, J. E. 1865 Revision of the genera and species of Chamaeleonidae, with the description of some new species. Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1864: 465-479.
- Laurenti, J. N. 1768 Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp.
- Singh, L. A. K. (1979): To change is chameleon. Science Reporter, 16 (1) : 59-61.
- Singh, L. A. K., Acharjyo, L. N., Bustard, H. R. (1984) : Observation on the reproductive biology of the Indian chameleon, Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Laurenti). J.Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 81(1) : 86-92.
- Singh, L. A. K. (1986): The Indian chameleon, Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Laurenti) in Satkoshia Gorge Sanctuary, Orissa : Notes on availability, growth and biometrics. J.Bombay nat.Hist. Soc., 83(1), 111-119.
External links[edit]
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- Chamaeleo zeylanicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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