Carpet chameleon

Carpet chameleon
Carpet chameleon ( Furcifer lateralis )
Systematics
without rank: Toxicofera without rank: Iguana (Iguania) Family : Chameleons (Chamaeleonidae) Subfamily : Real chameleons (Chamaeleoninae) Genre : Furcifer Type : Carpet chameleon
Scientific name
Furcifer lateralis
( Gray , 1831)

The carpet chameleon ( Furcifer lateralis ) is a species of chameleon that occurs on the entire island of Madagascar (except for north and north-west Madagascar ) . So far, two different sizes of the animals are known, the smaller species measures around 20 cm, the larger species, often referred to as major , reaches over 30 cm. It is still unclear whether it is an independent subspecies or a local form; major is currently not recognized as a subspecies.

As the common name suggests, Furcifer lateralis is a very colorful species of chameleon. The species referred to as " major " has a predominantly continuous green base color with larger white to pink dots on the sides of the body. This species is nowhere near as colorful as the panther chameleon .

Furcifer lateralis , female

1.0 Furcifer lateralis lateralis "shoots" a desert locust (display greatly slowed down)

literature

• Wolfgang Schmidt, Michael Meyer: Carpet chameleon. Furcifer lateralis. Herpeton-Verlag, Offenbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-9361-8025-1 .

Web links

Commons : Carpet Chameleon ( Furcifer lateralis )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biotropics.com
• Furcifer lateralis in The Reptile Database
• Furcifer lateralis inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Jenkins, RKB, Andreone, F., Andriamazava, A., Anjeriniaina, M., Brady, L., Glaw, F., Griffiths, RA, Rabibisoa, N., Rakotomalala, D., Randrianantoandro, JC, Randrianiriana, J., Randrianizahana, H., Ratsoavina, F. & Robsomanitrandrasana, E., 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2013.