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Twelve perfect Jackson’s chameleons were born today! This species of chameleon gives live birth so the babies come out of mom fully formed and ready to take on the world. This type of Jackson’s chameleon is also special in that females can have three horns, a trait commonly associated with males. #jacksonschameleon #trioceros #triocerosjacksonii #chameleon #babychameleon #lizards #babylizards #reptiles #livingart #herpetoculture #lizards #reptilebreeder #rarereptiles #reptile #lizardsofinstagram

Chameleons have a distinctive visual system that enables them to see their environment in almost 360 degrees (180 degrees horizontally and /-90 degrees vertically). They do this in two ways. The first is with anatomical specializations that enable the eyes to rotate with a high degree of freedom. The second is the chameleon’s ability to transition between monocular and binocular vision, meaning they can view objects with either eye independently, or with both eyes together. Several anatomical fe