Furcifer viridis
Furcifer viridis, the green chameleon, is a species of chameleon found in Madagascar. The Green Chameleon (Furcifer viridis) is a very cool lizard. They have white around their mouth and have a horizontal white stripe in the middle of their body. Their limbs and tail are chartreuse green. Everywhere else is lime green. They can get from 9 to 11 inches in length.They get their name from having relatively plain green skin.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Furcifer |
| Species: | F. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Furcifer viridis Florio, Ingram, Rakotondravony, Louis Jr., & Raxworthy, 2012 | |
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They have three toes stuck together on one side of their foot, and on the other side, they have two stuck together toes. They rely on camouflage to catch their food with a long sticky tongue. Their tail is prehensile (Prehensile meaning: their tail can curl up like a spiral and hang onto branches) like most other chameleons in the Furcifer genus. They are arboreal, which means that they climb in trees.[2]
References
- Raxworthy, C.J.; Jenkins, R.K.B. (2014). "Furcifer viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T42695980A42695984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T42695980A42695984.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Furcifer viridis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
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