Chameleon

Bradypodion

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Calumma

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Chamaeleo

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Furcifer

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Brookesia

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Rhampholeon

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Chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are small to mid-size reptiles that belong to one of the best known lizard families. They are famous for their ability to change their colour, and also because of their elongated tongue and their eyes which can be moved independently of each other. Their eyes are the most unique among the reptiles. Among other things they can rotate and focus separately to observe two different objects simultaneously. The name "Chameleon" means "earth lion" and is derived from the Greek words chamai (on the ground, on the earth) and leon (lion). They lack a vomeronasal organ. Like snakes, they don't have an outer or a middle ear and seem to be deaf; at least they cannot detect airborne sounds. But some, maybe all, can communicate via vibrations that travel through solid material like branches.

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Vomeronasal organ: The vomeronasal organ (VNO) or Jacobson's organ (sometimes misspelled "Jacobsen's") is an auxiliary olfactory sense organ in some vertebrates, all of which are tetrapods. In adults, it is located in the vomer bone, between the nose and the mouth. It develops from the nasal (olfactory) placode, at th...

Chameleon related Images and Photos (experimental)

Chameleon Madagascar	Chameleon Crunch Game	Colorful Chameleon	Panther Chameleon Western Madagascar
Chameleon Virunga Volcanoes National Park Zaire	Yemens Chameleon Young 10 Wks Old Yemen	Panther Chameleon Lizard Ambanja Madagascar	Horned Chameleon in Bush House Reserve Animal Sanctuary on Canal De Pangalanes
Male Parson's Chameleon Close up of Eye Ranomafana National Park South Eastern Madagascar	Huey the Color Copying Chameleon Lamp	A Chameleon Sits on a Branch of a Tree in Madagascar's Mantadia National Park Sunday June 18 2006