A remarkable case of malformation in a free-living individual of Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier, 1829) from northern Madagascar...

[kinyonga]

It's amazing how long this poor thing lived...
http://www.herpetologynotes.seh-her...ng_Herpetology_Notes_Volume2_pages223-225.pdf

 

[GoodKarma19]

I'm shocked that it even made it to term, let alone lived a few months in the wild!

 

[kinyonga]

Me too. It's amazing how animals and people too can overcome things like that.

 

[JacksJill]

This is a reminder not to jump all over breeders that have a deformity show up in a clutch. In nature this just happens from time to time.

 

[kinyonga]

This is a reminder not to jump all over breeders that have a deformity show up in a clutch. In nature this just happens from time to time.

Exact,y....the defects can be for reasons beyond nones control. I had a baby water dragon born with a cleft palate.