Fluorescent Pattern of the Chameleon <i>Calumma globifer</i> from Madagascar (IMAGE)

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Fluorescent Pattern of the Chameleon <i>Calumma globifer</i> from Madagascar

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Fluorescent pattern of the chameleon Calumma globifer from Madagascar. The animation shows the inconspicuous tubercles in sunlight, the fluorescent pattern under UV light, and the underlying bone tubercles, which are based on a micro-CT model of the skull.

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Animation: David Prötzel (ZSM/LMU)

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