Nature is full of wonder. Every specie has its own value on the Earth. No one can deny it. As a marvelous creature named Chameleons has.
Chameleons are famously known as altering their skin color. Munich in Germany have now discovered that the bony tubercles on the heads of many species also glow under ultraviolet
light and form decent pattern. Fluorescence produced by living creatures is mainly known from marine organisms but is rare in terrestrial vertebrates.
We could hardly believe that our eyes are illuminated by the Chameleons on the striking of UV lamp. To obtain better result researcher use variety of latest methods.
Advantages: The tubercles fluoresce under UV light to form unique patterns that represent certain species or species groups. In addition, the males in most species of the genus Calumma have significantly more fluorescent tubercles than the females.
Chameleons are famously known as altering their skin color. Munich in Germany have now discovered that the bony tubercles on the heads of many species also glow under ultraviolet
We could hardly believe that our eyes are illuminated by the Chameleons on the striking of UV lamp. To obtain better result researcher use variety of latest methods.
Scans shows that the skin covering the tubercles on the skull is very thin and consists only of a transparent layer of epidermis. "These patches effectively act as channels that transfer the UV light to the bone, where it is absorbed and then emitted again as blue fluorescent light.”
Scientist think this is not a ordinary thing that is a hint which will help to identify the sex (male of female) Chameleons.
Courtesy: Further information David Prötzel, Martin Heß, Mark D. Scherz, Martina Schwager, Anouk van’t Padje, Frank Glaw. Widespread bone-based fluorescence in chameleons. Scientific Reports, 2018; 8 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-19070-7
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