LIZARDS 95 



The Dwarf Chameleon, C. pumilus, of South Africa, 

 which grows to a maximum length of only five inches, and 

 is characterized by a much serrated crest along its back and 

 tail, and another formed of compressed lobes along the 

 throat, is the only form which keeps well in captivity, 

 feeding throughout the winter. Owing to its small size, 

 and its comparatively feebly developed powers of changing 

 colour, from a show point of view it is not nearly so 

 attractive as the two previously mentioned species. It 

 is one of the species which brings forth its young alive, 

 producing about a dozen fully formed young in the 

 autumn. The period of gestation in this lizard is 

 extremely lengthy, as a specimen kept by a correspondent 

 of mine brought forth a brood of six young after nearly 

 thirteen months of solitary captivity. 



