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This chameleon wandered out of the forest in Ranomafana and onto the grass at the campsite. It walked right up to me as I was kneeling down to take it's photo. It then proceeded to climb on my boot and up onto my shorts!
Spotted on Dec 3, 2005
Submitted on May 3, 2011
8 Comments
Thanks Chris. It was amazing. They are my favorite reptile and I was fortunate enough to see a lot of them. I can see you're a backpacker like myself. You have a lot of great spottings.
Awesome! It must be amazing to see a chameleon in the wild!
Thanks!
He is wearing an unbelivable Suit!
WOW.. I really like this shot...
dan-ishous again.. :)
Yeah, chameleons are my favorite reptile. It was amazing to see so many of them in Madagascar. I can recommend a book for you, if you're interested, its called Masters Of Disguise: A Natural History of Chameleons by James Martin
What striking colouration, it's incredible how those stripes look so much like a leaf when viewed above. Chameleons are curious little guys!