Wild deformed chameleon

woah, i didnt read the whole article so forgive if it said otherwise but i wonder if it was from accidental inbreeding

No justly, read the article:
"The high population density of F. pardalis in the Sambava region and the wide distribution along the whole north-eastern coast, without any obvious biogeographic barriers to gene flow among populations makes it highly unlikely that inbreeding induced this deformity."

Neat anomaly. Thanks for posting the link!

The link won't open for me! It's trying...

Sounds very interesting.

thats amazing he could survive like that for so long-

wow.. thats sad and intriguing...
i am also surprised he survived that long, what an amazing creature

I'm shocked! Maybe there was a spike in temp one day or he got moved some how in the egg.

Poor little dude.

I agree with the egg shifty thing. Must've got moved around in a bad position while he was still forming.

That is amazing, and goes to show that life will somehow find a way. I cant believe how good he looks for being so severely deformed.

showjet95 said:

That is amazing, and goes to show that life will somehow find a way. I cant believe how good he looks for being so severely deformed.

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This article is a great example of that saying. I concur with you about that.

Looks a hell of a lot like the first cham in this thread.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/free-good-home-31682/

Personally, if I hatched something like that out it would end up being food for another cham or reptile but cant believe it got that far in the wild without it being food for another!

Wow... and so sad

I bet the egg moved or something like that , maybe even rolled a bit in his case. Amazing how he made it so long... truely amazing creatures !

I was not expecting that.. Maybe a small crookedness, or missing a tail...but that... wow

Very interesting!!!

Incredible chameleon!! very interesting and worth a look

Wow I never thought I would enjoy reading a scholarly written article so much. I am so darn used to reading all of the psych articles for term papers lol. This was a nice change up. Thank you!

I'm not gonna lie, when I saw the first photo I uttered an audible exclamation of terror. Very interesting though. I love anomalies. Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Poor thing! Can't believe he's lasted this long