Chameleons are fascinating creatures: they almost always evoke in people a strong response -- be it delight, wonder or fear. Chameleons of Southern Africa explores this interesting group of lizards and discusses their strange and unusual, sometimes unnerving, characteristics. It presents an overview of all types of chameleons (of which there are up to 160 species in total, worldwide), their history, geographic distribution (restricted mainly to Madagascar and Africa), reproduction, behavior and their relationships to each other. It also contains a clear identification guide to all southern African species - some 25 have been identified to date - together with distribution maps and colorful photographs of their many features and guises. For interested students, gardeners, naturalists and even just the curious, Chameleons of Southern Africa is an essential guide to these intriguing lizards.
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Krystal Tolley, American born, is head of the Molecular Systematics Laboratory at the South African National Biodiversity Institute at Kirstenbosch. She received her PhD in Norway, originally working on marine mammals. Since moving to South Africa, she has published numerous scientific and popular articles on chameleons. She has spent many days in the field searching for chameleons across southern Africa, and has a keen interest in understanding their biodiversity. Marius Burger became interested in reptiles and amphibians at a young age. He studied conservation, but made herpetology his profession. His work has allowed him to travel throughout southern and central Africa and Madagascar, where he conducts surveys of reptiles and amphibians, leads tour groups, and participates in TV documentaries.
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Great photo guide to South African Chameleons !,
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A true gem in its genre.
This book is small, but is specialised on the Chameleons of Southern (especially South)Africa. All the knwon species are represented by good quality photographs as well as all the known undescribed species up to date. A beautiful book for any herp enthousiast with an interest in Chameleons and who want to go further then the general (captive) chameleon books. Also great as fieldguide use, although it may be to specialised for this use and you would like to take a more general reptile guide with you. Text is short and gives an written description of the animal involved. All species also have an distribution map on their page. A must have !
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gular grooves, gular lobes, gular crest, dwarf chameleons, montane fynbos, pygmy chameleons, small chameleon, chameleon species, gular scales, enlarged tubercles, spiny tubercles, dorsal crest, other chameleons, this chameleon, dorsal spines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Indian Ocean, Western Dwarf, Cape Dwarf, Habitat Found, Western Cape, Distribution Known, Distribution Restricted, Knysna Dwarf, East Africa, Little Karoo Dwarf, Elandsberg Dwarf, Cape Town, Cathedral Peak, Near Threatened, Common Flap-necked Chameleon, Habitat Prefers, Habitat Dry, Coloration Light, West Africa, Namaqua Chameleon, Nama Karoo New!
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gular grooves, gular lobes, gular crest, dwarf chameleons, montane fynbos, pygmy chameleons, small chameleon, chameleon species, gular scales, enlarged tubercles, spiny tubercles, dorsal crest, other chameleons, this chameleon, dorsal spines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Indian Ocean, Western Dwarf, Cape Dwarf, Habitat Found, Western Cape, Distribution Known, Distribution Restricted, Knysna Dwarf, East Africa, Little Karoo Dwarf, Elandsberg Dwarf, Cape Town, Cathedral Peak, Near Threatened, Common Flap-necked Chameleon, Habitat Prefers, Habitat Dry, Coloration Light, West Africa, Namaqua Chameleon, Nama Karoo New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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