Chameleon Tongues

[BigTex]

I was just wondering if there is someone out there that could explain to me the science behind cham tongues. how do they work? how are they stored in the body, ect...

 

[kinyonga]

Here's a site with information...
http://www.chameleonnews.com/year2003/july2003/tongue/tongue.html

More technical...
http://webh01.ua.ac.be/funmorph/anthony/chameleon.html

Click on the word "apparatus" too...
http://digimorph.org/specimens/Chamaeleo_calyptratus/whole/


More...
http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/science/zoology/chordates/reptilia/squamata/chamaeleon.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=uk...ts=pRz6RLqMVq&sig=tOv-vyrrAsAUMtwHc7dz21nn4u4
http://www.calumma-parsonii.com/html/anatomy.html

I simply did a search on google for "tongue AND chameleons"!