Post by Kimmy on Apr 12, 2007 21:47:06 GMT 1
Name
FISCHER’S CHAMELEON
Latin
Kinyongia fischeri
Native To
Native to the mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, particularly the Usambara Mountains region.
Size
9.5 inches total length for males, and up to 7.5 inches for females
Diet
Insects
Reproduction
10 – 15 eggs
Description
It is also known as the Usambara two-horned chameleon, from the flat horns evident on the males of the species. Females have very short or no horns. Males are easily distinguished from females by their hemipenal bulges and two unusual looking rostral processes. These rostral processes are uniform and parallel in appearance, taper from a relatively wide base to a thinner, rounded end and have some apparent serration on the uppermost sides
FISCHER’S CHAMELEON
Latin
Kinyongia fischeri
Native To
Native to the mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, particularly the Usambara Mountains region.
Size
9.5 inches total length for males, and up to 7.5 inches for females
Diet
Insects
Reproduction
10 – 15 eggs
Description
It is also known as the Usambara two-horned chameleon, from the flat horns evident on the males of the species. Females have very short or no horns. Males are easily distinguished from females by their hemipenal bulges and two unusual looking rostral processes. These rostral processes are uniform and parallel in appearance, taper from a relatively wide base to a thinner, rounded end and have some apparent serration on the uppermost sides
