1. Indian Chameleon (Chamaeleo Zeylanicus) Article
Last Dominicus I hiked a remote hilly terrain on the outskirts of Kalyan City. While trekking I luckily encountered a native specie of Indian Chameleon, straight off scientifically refereed equally Chamaeleo Zeylanicus. It was really docile as well as I managed to handgrip it gently. While taking a unopen glimpse, I was deeply mesmerized yesteryear its beautiful radiant pare as well as attractive light-green eyes. Its pare color varied from multiple shades of calorie-free light-green to nighttime green. It had slender legs, a masked dotted light-green caput with long spiral tail. It seemed having a unique robotic walk with a boring to-and-fro motion.
This article documents my personal experience with Indian Chameleon, shares its close-up photos along with a brief cite of its scientific info.
2. Photo Gallery - Indian Chameleon - Bharat Wildlife
On the twenty-four hr menses of meet I was quite unfortunate that I didn't carried my high destination Canon SLR photographic telly camera which I ever do. In this chaotic province of affairs my Nokia Camera telephone came handy as well as I managed to capture next close-up snaps of this wonderful reptile specie. It makes me experience swell to portion those captured moments. Enjoy watching pics of Chamaeleo Zeylanicus.
Above photograph was captured spell opening the rima oris of Indian Chameleon. You clearly view the within of its rima oris is pinkish white to nighttime pinkish inwards color with teeth virtually invisible as well as long natural language hidden deep inside. Chameleon cause got really minor pointed teeth which is useful to concur insects it catches with a viscid tongue.
Later I gently picked the Chameleon as well as placed it on a dried broken branch. Chameleons are arboreal inwards nature as well as they uses their slender legs fifty-fifty equally hands for balancing as well as getting concur of tree branches spell moving. Above pic shows Indian Chameleon slowing approaching towards my hand.
Chameleon making a robotic walk on stick with its iv legs as well as tail pointed upwards for balancing. It walks piece of cake as well as cautiously inwards a to-and-fro motion.
After kissing my hand, Chameleon takes a consummate U-turn as well as starts moving to other tip of the stick I'm holding.
Picture taken when Chameleon reached the other destination of the stick.
After reaching the destination of the stick it peeps downward to a greater extent than to explore as well as I rapidly click my photographic telly camera button.
Later I convey the stick downward as well as Chameleon is dorsum on ground.
Soon Chameleon is gratis to larn its ain agency as well as afterward few minutes it is completely lost from my sight.
3. Info : Indian Chameleon - Chamaeleon Zeylanicus
- Chamaeleo Zeylanicus is usually known equally Indian Chameleon.
- Main distribution includes Indian Peninsula comprising of mainland Bharat along with Sri-Lanka as well as Pakistan. It is likewise industrial plant life inwards other regions of South Asia.
- It has a long prehensile tail as well as independent optic movements. It is arboreal specie as well as moves piece of cake inwards to-and-fro motions.
- Like other Chameleons it likewise has an might to alter its pare colour. It changes its color from multiple shades of brilliant light-green to nighttime brown. It exercise as well as then to camouflage inwards its surrounding, communicate with other Chameleons as well as command its body temperatures. It uses calorie-free colours to reverberate oestrus as well as nighttime colours to absorb heat. It fifty-fifty has might to alter pare color of few body parts spell retaining color of other body parts intact. It tin exercise as well as then either inwards symmetric distribution or inwards a non-symmetric way. During mating flavor they plough their pare brilliant Green spell during fights they plough Dark brown. They are arboreal i.e they dwell on trees as well as thence cause got adapted themselves to the colours of trees' trunks, branches as well as leaves which are nighttime brown, dark-brown as well as light-green respectively.
- They are non-venomous. However if bitten as well as haemorrhage takes house their is a possibility of infection. Hence basic handling is necessary.
- They mate during wintertime season.
- They lay eggs.
- During fights they defend themselves yesteryear making a unique hissing sound.
- They consume as well as live on on termites, grasshoppers as well as other insects on trees.
- They cause got might to rotate their private eyes accordingly spell catching prey.
- They are mutual depression temperature blooded creatures as well as alive with where at that spot is H2O nigh by.
- Their prehensile tail acts equally a 5th leg/hand to back upward their body yesteryear grasping objects.
- They are really lighter inwards weight when compared to their book as well as body size.
- They are shy, docile as well as non-aggressive specie as well as are really piece of cake to handle.
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Article yesteryear Gaurav Akrani. Research as well as Photos Enhanced yesteryear Sameer Akrani. Special thank yous to our friend Mr. Naagsen without whom this article would non live possible. Article compliled for Kalyan City Life Blog. Thanks! For reading.