Namaqua chameleon - Chamaeleo namaquensis

            The Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) is a lizard found in the western desert regions of Namibia, South Africa and southern Angola. The Namaqua chameleon has evolved several adaptations to cope with desert conditions: they excrete salt from nasal glands to conserve water, and dig holes to aid in thermoregulation. They also use their ability to change colour to aid in controlling temperature, becoming black in the cooler morning to absorb heat more efficiently, then a lighter grey color to reflect light during the heat of the day or showing both colours at the same time, neatly separated left from right by the spine.
   

Taken in: Namibia / Erongo / Usakos (show map)

Taken on: May 27, 2016

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Camera: Olympus E-PM2, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 100mm (=200mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-PM2
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.14-150mm F4.0-5.6 II
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	100mm (35mm equivalent: 200mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.6.1 (Macintosh)
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