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Flap-necked Chameleon-2 See previous photo - within a few minutes this little fellow almost completely changed color before my eyes from a lovely greenish pattern to almost black with greenish yellow spots. It was due to agitation at being helped across the street.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/49409/flap-necked_chameleon-1.html" title="Flap-necked Chameleon-1"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2813/49409_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Mfq2lmtMlQBtMDTBYiGFKDZoUd0%3D" width="200" height="128" alt="Flap-necked Chameleon-1 This picture needs to be paired with the next one - they are both of the same individual photographed only about 3 min apart. We saw this chameleon trying to cross the road near Waterberg NP in Namibia, so stopped to help it. I scooped it into my safari hat and carried it over to the brush on the side of the road and was amazed to see it completely change color before my eyes. One always hears that chameleons are famous for this, but you rarely actually see it in nature - and here it was happening before my eyes. Sure enough, it had little to do with the background but with its emotions - as it got agitated from being transported in my hat it turned from a light green to a dark almost black (see next photo). <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/49410/flap-necked_chameleon-2.html Chamaeleo dilepis,Geotagged,Namibia,Spring,flap necked chameleon,namibia,waterberg" /></a></figure> Chamaeleo dilepis,Geotagged,Namibia,Spring,flap necked chameleon,namibia,waterberg Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Flap-necked Chameleon-2

See previous photo - within a few minutes this little fellow almost completely changed color before my eyes from a lovely greenish pattern to almost black with greenish yellow spots. It was due to agitation at being helped across the street.

Flap-necked Chameleon-1 This picture needs to be paired with the next one - they are both of the same individual photographed only about 3 min apart. We saw this chameleon trying to cross the road near Waterberg NP in Namibia, so stopped to help it. I scooped it into my safari hat and carried it over to the brush on the side of the road and was amazed to see it completely change color before my eyes. One always hears that chameleons are famous for this, but you rarely actually see it in nature - and here it was happening before my eyes. Sure enough, it had little to do with the background but with its emotions - as it got agitated from being transported in my hat it turned from a light green to a dark almost black (see next photo). <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/49410/flap-necked_chameleon-2.html Chamaeleo dilepis,Geotagged,Namibia,Spring,flap necked chameleon,namibia,waterberg

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The Flap-necked chameleon

The flap-necked chameleon is a species of arboreal chameleon native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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Uploaded Mar 22, 2017. Captured Nov 28, 2012 12:39 in B1, Namibia.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
  • f/5.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO80
  • 50.494mm