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Appearance
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus | |
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Species: | G. chamaeleontinus
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Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus |
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus is an agamid lizard from Indonesia and Malaysia.
Description
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Haeckel_Lacertilia.jpg/220px-Haeckel_Lacertilia.jpg)
This species lives in a humid tropical environment, in the forests of central Java. It is a species of around 22–25 cm, and quite territorial. The lifestyle is close to that of the chameleons. The females are green, with the males bluer, with yellow touches.
References
[edit]- Laurenti, 1768 : Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, pp 1–217
External links
[edit]- Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- "Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus Laurenti, 1768". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus, at Animal Diversity Web
Category:Squamata Category:Agamidae