|Name: Parsons Chameleon| |Scientific name: Chamaeleo parsonii|
|Range: Eastern Madagascar| |Habitat: Rain forest| |Status: Not
threatened| |Diet in the wild: Small insects| |Diet in the
zoo:Small insects| |Location in the zoo: Herpetarium| |Physical
description:The male Chameleon is slightly larger than the
female, reaching up to 23.5 inches in length and exhibits a pair
of blunt nasal horns on its snout. They have bulging eyes which
allow them to see up to 360 degrees around them. They have
unusual body shapes with rough skin and fascinating color
changes.| |General information: The scientific name for the
Parsons Chameleon is "Chamaeleo parsonii". True chameleons are
members of the Old world Family Chamaeleonidae. There has been a
great deal of discussion about the classification systems for
the chameleons and there is no current model that is universally
accepted.Chameleons are nonvenomous and primairly survive by
eating small as well as large insects, and even small
vertebrates. In captivity the chameleo