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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
- Author(s):
- Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann
- Publisher:
- Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Three Indian chameleons are seen moving about among the leaves at the tip of a branch, the uppermost projecting its tongue to catch a fly. The Indian chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus) can be found in India, Sri Lanka and South Asia. Its body can reach up to 7 inches in length (18 cm) and its tail 8 in (20 cm).
The caption reads in the original German: Der Indische Helm Chameleon (Chameleon coromandelicus).
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, Chamaeleonidae, color, reference book, reptile
