Preliminary results on the feeding ecology of the African Chameleon Chameleo africanus Laurenti, 1768 from the southwestern Peloponnese, Greece.…

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“Many plant remains were found in the stomach and faces of C. africanus (19.4%)
(seeds, branchlets and leaves) which is in accordance with the presence of plant mate- rials in the stomach contents of other chameleon species and Lacertids (Pérez-Mellado & Corti, 1993). Plant and inorganic matter are ingested by C. chameleon (Burmeister, 1989), C. namaquensis (Burrage, 1973) and ni C. pardalis, 30% of the diet are vegetables (Bourgat, 1972). We presume that plant material is a regular dietary component of C. africanus.”…
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