It’s not nearly so clear in this pic as IRL, but his skin changes to match the light. Note the color temp of the grow lights above. When I flip the lights on in the morning, he’s a faded green and gray pattern. Wish I could capture the dramatic difference, but I suck at photography.
His tank at the store was bright and full of neon colors, made him more pink and bright green. Now that his surroundings are all natural, he matches those colors.
You’re right in that it’s not a radical camouflage scheme like an octopus, but it often takes a minute to find the little fucker!
Their chromatophores will relax when they sleep, and adjust to the light when they wake up. We would let our chams free roam in my wife’s huge window garden during the day and you could see the split in their colors where one side would be dark from the sun and the other side was still light.
Their primary “camouflage” in their leaf like movements.
Veileds don’t need that high humidity, btw. They are from Yemen, after all.
My chameleon disagrees, somewhat.
It’s not nearly so clear in this pic as IRL, but his skin changes to match the light. Note the color temp of the grow lights above. When I flip the lights on in the morning, he’s a faded green and gray pattern. Wish I could capture the dramatic difference, but I suck at photography.
His tank at the store was bright and full of neon colors, made him more pink and bright green. Now that his surroundings are all natural, he matches those colors.
You’re right in that it’s not a radical camouflage scheme like an octopus, but it often takes a minute to find the little fucker!
Their chromatophores will relax when they sleep, and adjust to the light when they wake up. We would let our chams free roam in my wife’s huge window garden during the day and you could see the split in their colors where one side would be dark from the sun and the other side was still light.
Their primary “camouflage” in their leaf like movements.
Veileds don’t need that high humidity, btw. They are from Yemen, after all.