Mantis caught a false chameleon
10/09/2024
Luckily, this is not a chameleon but an agamid lizard, Calotes sp.
Luckily, this is not a chameleon but an agamid lizard, Calotes sp.
Incredible spectacle of the Mother Nature in Kenya: a High Casqued Chameleon (Trioceros hoehnelii) is being a subject of a dispute between a snake - Boomslang (Dispholidus typus kivuensis) and a Rough-scaled Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major) / who will swallow it at first?
For unknown reason, adult chameleons eagerly accept as prey preying mantises of any kind.