Key Identification Features
- The panther chameleon's coloration varies based on its geographic origin, and distinct regional color variants are commonly called 'locales', named for the area they come from.
- One of the species' most distinctive characteristics is the presence of longitudinal rows of large, granular scales in its gular region.
- Its most distinctive features are large, ear-like occipital lobes, and a short bony rostral appendage that sticks out from the snout of males.
- This species has acrodont dentition; its teeth are compressed, triangular, and more or less distinctly tricuspid, and the palate is toothless.
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