Question

The adaptation mechanism of Chameleon is,
A. To hibernate in the winter
B. Changing colors to suit with its surroundings
C. To develop scaly skin on its body to maintain moisture
D. To migrate to long distances in the winter

Answer 1

Hint: Chameleons are the reptiles and are a highly specialized clade of Old-world lizards consisting of 202 species which was described as of 2016. These species have colour changing range characteristics.

Complete answer:
Chameleons are the family of lizards. Most of them have the ability to change their colors according to the surrounding present. They are seen to be changing colors for camouflage, or to transfer signal mood to other chameleons.
Chameleons have parrot-like-zygodactylous feet, and have stereoscopic eyes also have a long tongue to flick out, crests or horns on their strange-shaped heads, and can change the colors.
There are about 160 species, living in Africa, Madagascar, Spain and Portugal also in Sri Lanka and South Asia.
Chameleons have long sticky tongues that they can fire out in a fraction of second. They stretch up so that their body size can be doubled. Their eyes can move independently. The largest species of chameleons is about 1.5 feet when fully grown. They are mainly insectivores, but they do take occasional smaller lizards.
Some scientists believe that the vision of the chameleon is the most unusual of this planet. Chameleons have 360-degree eye turning, they also have the ability to zoom in and out and binocular vision.

Hence the correct answer is OPTION(B)

Note: The world’s smallest chameleon has been found out to be in Madagascar. With 2.9 centimeters, they are considered as the smallest lizards of the world. It is also proven by the genetic analysis that in total there are four different species of this tiny animal.