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Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 2, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 3, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 4, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 5, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 6, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 7, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon Collection Image, Figure 8, Total 8 Figures
Cone-head chameleon
  • species_info
    • english title:Cone-head chameleon
    • scientific_name:Chamaeleo calyptratus
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Reptilia
    • subclass:Eureptilia
    • orders:Squamata
    • suborder:Lacertilia
    • family:Chamaeleonidae
    • genus:Chamaeleo
    • species:calyptratus
    • species_author:Duméril & Bibron
    • species_pub_year:1851
    • common name
      • common name english:Veiled Chameleon
  • collection_content
    • collection_info
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:230  mm
      • Tail length:70  mm
      • SEX:
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMRL0761
      • CAT_NO:RE.0516
      • :1997/12/18
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:高冠變色龍,Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Bibron, 1851
      性別:雄性,吻肛長:230 mm,尾長:70 mm。立姿標本,本件標本受損嚴重,雙腳斷裂。
      雄性全長可超過60公分,雌性較小大多小於35公分,身體側扁形,體色極易改變,頭頂具高聳頭冠,眼睛可作360度旋轉,並可獨立作業同時觀察兩個物體;舌頭長可達身體的2倍長;尾部呈捲曲狀;腳趾5根,分為內外兩組,前足是外2,內3,後足則是外3、內2。
      棲息於葉門及阿拉伯半島一帶。為樹棲動物,喜於樹上活動;卵生,一年可多次繁殖,蛋白色會埋於砂中,每次可產數十顆蛋,孵化期約5到7個月,剛孵化的小變色龍約6-7公分,雄性後腳跟處有一肉芽狀凸起;獵捕時會將長舌快速伸出捕食,以昆蟲及其他小型節肢動物為食。