What is Panther Chameleon?
Panther Chameleon is a type of lizard endemic in the lowland forests of Madagascar. Panther Chameleons are known for their brilliant and very diverse color, as well as their unique patterns of stains, stripes and bars, in an exotic pet shop. The scientific name for these lizards is furcifer pardalis .
Like most chameleons, Panther Chameleon has Kasque or bony raised parts near the back of the head. It also shows fisted numbers on the feet common to these types of lizards. Panther Chameleon maybe up to 22 inches (56 cm) in length, although a woman is usually a few inches smaller than a man.
Arboreal, Panther Chameleons spends most of the time on the trees. Their eyes, which can move independently of the second and offer an extraordinary range of vision, are particularly suitable for finding a selected source of reptile food, especially insects. Once the dinner is seen, the lizard whipping a tongue that can be longer than the lizard itself, and captures the insects at the end of the bag combinationUA created by tongue muscles and sticky outer coating.
The coloring and pattern of Panther's chameleon is primarily dependent on the area in which the lizard still lives. Variations of color from red, pink and oranges to blues and green and patterning combinations of stripes, spots and vertical bars are common. Men are clearly colored throughout the year and become more vivid during mating. Females are compared to relatively drab, consisting of basic brown and gray, although they also show a change in color during mating.
mating occurs in spring and summer, around October to March in Madagascar. The coloring of a woman during this time slowly becomes brighter, often turning from orange to pink and finally black with vertical groups of the previous color. Meanwhile, the man establishes and defends the territory until he comes into contact with a properly colored friend, when he can start a courtship. Once courtship and mating are complete, womenAnd after a few weeks he lays 16-24 eggs.
Although Panther Chameleon has only lived in the wild for about two years, he can live over five captivity. Chameleons Pet Chameleons should be equipped with litter and branches for climbing leaves as well as a more open space for heating. They require UV lighting and 60-100 percent of humidity as well as regular fog. Unlike some lizards, chameleons are often very stressed during handling, so they should not be handled regularly.