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lacerta

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IMAGE INFORMATION

Lacerta Chamaeleon. Chamelion, Isle of France [Mauritius]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 21, 1806

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 12

Notes:

This speciman may have been the panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar that has been introduced to Mauritius.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Panther chameleon

Current Scientific Name

Furcifer pardalis