Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

A note on the distribution of Asian Chameleon in Maharashtra with a new photographic record from Katol in Nagpur district

Pawan U Gajbe^♦

Department of Zoology, Shri Mathuradas Mohota College of Science, Umred Road, Nagpur - 440024, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Zoology, Shri Mathuradas Mohota College of Science, Umred Road, Nagpur - 440024, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Chameleons are unique lizards. They are well known for their distinctive ability to exhibit complex changes in body coloration. The Asian chameleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus Laurenti, 1768, is a member of the family Chamaeleonidae. It is the only chameleon species found in India. A new photographic record of this species from Katol tehsil in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra is provided along with a summary of other distribution records from Maharashtra.

Keywords: Chamaeleo zeylanicus, Chamaeleonidae, faunal diversity, lizard, reptilia.

Species, 2023, 24(74), e75s1584

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e75s1584

Published: 13 September 2023