. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. >J*JiiAi- ^A»4WM<— SLEEPING CHAMELEON t'NDER LAMP-LIGHT, WITH DORSAL PAKT PROTECTED IIY A SCREEN. (iriijji-otccled 2)ortiOTi in this is 0/ iarkiOiomn colour; pi'ofccfcd I apjicars like aUle.) Cluimieleou* is from Fernando Po, and the male has a long horn over each eye, and another at the end of the muzzle. Guuther's Chamcdeon montium has its male with two nearly straight horns pro- jecting horizontally in front of the nostrils, and their sheath is finely annulated; the horns are half as long as the head. It has a high cre
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. >J*JiiAi- ^A»4WM<— SLEEPING CHAMELEON t'NDER LAMP-LIGHT, WITH DORSAL PAKT PROTECTED IIY A SCREEN. (iriijji-otccled 2)ortiOTi in this is 0/ iarkiOiomn colour; pi'ofccfcd I apjicars like aUle.) Cluimieleou* is from Fernando Po, and the male has a long horn over each eye, and another at the end of the muzzle. Guuther's Chamcdeon montium has its male with two nearly straight horns pro- jecting horizontally in front of the nostrils, and their sheath is finely annulated; the horns are half as long as the head. It has a high crest on the back and part of the tail. In the female the horns are mere projections. The colour is a of yellow, green, and black. With regard to the. habits of the small South African kind, and to its viviparous nature, Moseley writes in his "Notes on the C/uil- lenger" :—" A small Chamajleon is abundant everywhere on the hedges near Cape Town, South Africa, We had one alive in the ward-room; it was quite tame, and rested quietly on a bunch of twigs, hung up to the lamp rail, and would whip flies out of one's fingers, at a distance of at least four inches, with its tongue. It gave birth to three young ones one night. They twisted their tails round the twigs on which the mother was reposing, at once, and directly began catching flies; but our house-flies were too big for their mouths to swallow, and they had to chew away at them for a long time be- fore they could get any juice out of ; Most species lay eggs under leaves. The changing of the colour of its skin by the Chamseleon has made the curiously-shaped reptile most interesting. This power is not restricted to them, however, but the}- possess it above all other reptiles and amphibians. The change of colour appears to be produced to a certain extent by the will and passions of the Chamteleon, by an involuntary habit which enables its tints to correspond with the natural substances on which
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