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Definition of African chameleon
1. Noun. A chameleon found in Africa.
Generic synonyms: Chamaeleon, Chameleon
Group relationships: Chamaeleo, Genus Chamaeleo, Genus Chamaeleon
Lexicographical Neighbors of African Chameleon
Literary usage of African chameleon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pet Book by Anna Botsford Comstock (1914)
"African chameleon chameleon of Europe is an absurd little creature, looking more
like a little tree-gnome •' than a living animal. ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"... GELDERN The mechanism of the color changes in the lacertilia has been the
subject of much investigation, especially in that of the African chameleon. ..."
3. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"Only two chameleons are as yet recorded from Liberia. These are the common species
of West African chameleon, Cham<eleo senegalensis, and the smaller ..."
4. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"508) communicates his observations on the African chameleon, and shows that this
animal does not project its long, glutinous tongue towards insects, ..."
5. The Elementary Principles of General Biology by James Francis Abbott (1914)
"A striking example of adaptive response to environmental change is found in the
African chameleon and in its American representative, the lizard Anolis, ..."
6. I. A Further Study of Variation in the Gopher-snakes of Western North by John Van Denburgh (1920)
"... GELDERN The mechanism of the color changes in the lacertilia has been the
subject of much investigation, especially in that of the African chameleon. ..."
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