CHAMELEONONOTA: Notes on Chameleon Related Topics

Chameleons inspire collectors and toy producers

Despite of local protection in Morocco, the common chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon is still available for sale in the Bazar in Marakesh as a pet...

Chameleons are not commonly depicted in ancient mosaics, as they were not typically a central theme in ancient art. However, there are a few examples of mosaics where chameleons are portrayed.One of them is Zeus and Ganymede mosaic, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

There is a cute story about the recently deceased Queeen Elizabeth II: she had a pet chameleon when young…

I climbed on this day the Loima Hills in NW Kenya.

The first life photographs of the majestic Yemen chameleon where shot in 1961, but waited till 2022 to be published

Did you know?There is a CHAMELEON star constellation.Abbreviation: ChaRight Ascension: 11 hours Declination: -80 degreesArea in Square Degrees: 132Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, April 15Visible Between Latitudes: 0 and -90 degreesThe constellation named "Chamaeleon", the chameleon, is located in the southern hemisphere of the sky. It is only visible in...

Why it is so important to use a DSLR camera for documenting chameleons and their biology in the wild and in captivity...

The land of Frankincense
The land of Mocca Coffee trade
The land of Qat
The land of one of the most hospitable and kind people in the world
The land of Yemeni cusine
The land of Yemeni Jews protecting old holy scripts for millennia
The Arabia Felix of Herodotus
The homeland of Queen of Sheba...

People get fascinated by chameleons for thousands and thousands of years...