Indian Chameleon

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Indian chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus).

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:: Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann
Publisher:: Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867
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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).

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