Parson’s chameleon
Calumma parsonii
Green keel-bellied lizard
Gastropholis prasina
Completely arboreal, this lizard mainly uses its front limbs to move around, its prehensile tail acting as a pendulum. The latter is remarkably long, representing 75% of the animal’s total length! The hind limbs are used to hunt or overcome obstacles.
Habitat
Coastal forests, African bush, up to 2000 metres high
Feed
Insects and small lizards
Classification
Class
Reptiles
Scientific Name
Gastropholis prasina
Conservation status
IUCN: NT - Near Threatened (2014)
CITES: Appendices II (1977) / B (2017)
Some Figures
Size
Length: 30 to 50 cm
Weight
35 g
Incubation
2 months
5 to 10 eggs
Discover Also
Red-headed turtle
Trachemys scripta elegans
Variable bush viper
Atheris squamigera
Fire skink
Lepidothyris fernandi
Dumeril boa
Acrantophis dumerili
American alligator
Alligator mississipiensis