2016 Photo Contest, Nature, 3rd prize

Chameleon Under Pressure

Photographer

Christian Ziegler

National Geographic

11 November, 2014

Orange panther chameleons, pictured here in captivity, fight. Originally from northern Madagascar, orange panther chameleons are very rare in the wild.

Chameleons are an ancient group of lizards, with more than 170 described species, living in habitats that range from rain forests to deserts, and from sub-tropical coastlines to 4,000-meter-high mountains. According to the Species Survival Commission’s Chameleon Specialist Group, over a third of the world’s chameleon species are threatened with extinction.

About the photographer

Christian Ziegler

He is a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine and has been widely published in other magazines such as Geo, Smithsonian, and BBC Wildlife. Christian’s aim is to hig...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/100
Focal length
100 mm
F-Stop
13
ISO
1250

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