Visually guided avoidance in the chameleon (Chamaeleo chameleon): response patterns and lateralization.
The common chameleon, Chamaeleo chameleon, is an arboreal lizard with highly independent, large-amplitude eye movements.In response to a moving threat, a chameleon on a perch responds with distinct avoidance movements that are expressed in its continuous positioning on the side of the perch distal to the threat.We analyzed body-exposure patterns du