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This article is about the reptile. For other uses, see Chameleon (disambiguation). Chameleons or chamaeleons ( family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 200 species described as of June 2015. [1]
There’s no mistaking the distinctive features of a chameleon: its telescopic eyes, grasping tail, color-changing skin, and projectile tongue. But while these animals are far from aggressive apex ...
Chameleon, any of a group of primarily arboreal (tree-dwelling) Old World lizards best known for their ability to change body color. Other characteristics include zygodactylous feet (with toes fused into opposed bundles of two and three), eyes that move independently, and a long, slender projectile tongue.
Chameleon. A chameleon sits motionlessly on a tree branch. Suddenly its sticky, two-foot-long tongue snaps out at 13 miles an hour, wrapping around a cricket and whipping the yummy snack back into the reptile’s mouth. Now that’s fast food dining! And the chameleon’s swift eating style is just one of its many features that’ll leave you ...
Chamaeleonidae. Para otros usos de Camaleón o Camaleones, véanse Camaleón (desambiguación) y Camaleones (desambiguación). Los camaleones ( Chamaeleonidae) son una familia de pequeños saurópsidos (reptiles) escamosos. Existen cerca de 161 especies de camaleones, la mayor parte de ellas en África, al sur del Sáhara.
A chameleon's tongue can be shot out to an extraordinary length: in some types, the tongue is longer than the body. Chameleons seem to prefer running water to still water. The name chameleon means earth lion and comes from the Greek words “chamai” (on the ground, on the earth) and “leon” (lion).
Mide alrededor de 30 centímetros. El camaleón común está adaptado a la vida arborícola. Cuenta con dedos oponibles y cola prensil (motivo por el cual la cola no puede desprenderse del cuerpo). Posee una lengua larga, pegajosa y retráctil con la que atrapa a sus presas a distancia.
