1890s Chameleon Print from Leipzig, Germany

• Title: Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon, 14th Edition

• Publisher: F. A. Brockhaus

• Publication Date: 1894–1896

• Location: Leipzig, Germany

• Plate Title: ECHSEN. II. (Lizards II)

• Illustrator: Likely anonymous or in-house Brockhaus staff, as was common for encyclopedic plates

• Species Depicted:

  1. Conolophus subcristatus – Drusenkopf (Land iguana)

  2. Tropidurus grayii – Kielechse

  3. Amblyrhynchus cristatus – Gekämmte Meerechse (Marine iguana)

  4. Pseudopus pallasi – Scheltopusik (legless lizard)

  5. Chamaeleo vulgaris – Chamäleon

  6. Chamaeleo montium – Kopf des Gebirgschamäleons

This plate is part of the zoological section of the encyclopedia and reflects late 19th-century German scientific taxonomy. Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon was one of the most authoritative general encyclopedias of its time, widely used in academic and educated households across the German-speaking world.