गिरगिट

thumb|250px|giragit giragit sarisrip parivar kaimeliyonatidi ka ek sadasy hai, yah puravishv ka ek samooh hai. giragit pe doan par rahane vali chhipakaliyaan, jo mukhyat: apane sharir ke rang badalane ki kshamata, yugmit aangulikaoan (viparit disha mean do ya tin ke samuh mean yugmit); agr dantamala (jab de ki chhor par uge daant) aur ek lambi, patali tatha phail sakane vali jibh ke lie jani jati haian. nakali giragit ya enol, jo nee duniya ki iguanide parivar ki chhipakali ko bhi giragit ki sanjna di jati hai.

prajatiyaan

asali giragit do jatiyoan varnit haian: brookesiya (19 prajatiyaan) aur kaimeliyo (70 prajatiyaan). inamean se lagabhag adhi prajatiyaan sirf maidagaskar mean paee jati hai; any prajatiyaan amataur par afrika mean sahara ke dakshin mean milati haian. pashchimi eshiya mean do prajatiyaan paee jati haian, ek dakshin bharat aur shrilanka (bhootapoorv silon) mean aur doosari prajati (yooropiy giragit, kaimeliyo kaimaliy aaun) nikat poorv se pashchim ki or uttari afrika se lekar dakshini spen tak paee jati hai.

adhikaansh giragit 17-25 semi lanbe hote haian; adhikatam lanbaee 60 semi tak ho sakati hai. sharir donoan or se chapata hota hai; kuchh prajatiyoan mean kabhi-kabhi ghumavadar poochhan bhi paee jati hai. giragit ki bahar or nikali huee aankhean ek-doosare se bhinn disha mean ghoom sakati haian. koochh giragitoan ka sir helamet ke akar ka hota hai.

kuchh prajatiyoan ke sir par suspasht sajavat hoti hai, jisamean samane ki or nikale hue tin tak siang ho sakate haian. aisi sanrachanaean adhik spashtata se ya keval nar giragitoan mean hi paee jati haian. kam se kam kuchh prajatiyaan to apane kshetr ki raksha karati haian:

• pramukh nar apane sharir ko phailakar
• apane gale ko phulakar aur sir ki kalagiyoan ko kh da kar ya hilakar apane ilake mean ghusane vale doosare nar ko chetavani deta hai. agar yah pradarshan ko rokane mean saphal nahian hota, to rakshak us par hamala karata hai aur jab de chatakata hai.

visheshata

pratyek prajati ragoan ki vishesh shrriankhala mean apana rang parivartit kar sakati hai. yah prakriya svachalit tantrika tantr dvara niyantrit rang ke kanoan se bhari koshikaoan (melanofor koshikaoan) mean kanoan ke phailav ya jamana se hoti hai. kee giragit tezi se apani tvacha par usake rang se kam ya zyada gahare hare, pile, doodhiya ya gahare bhoore rang ke dhabbe dal sakate haian. rang parivartan prakash aur tapaman jaise paryavaraniy karakoan, bhay ya doosare giragit ke sath yuddh mean jitane ya parajit hone se utpann bhavanaoan se prabhavit hota hai. yah ek am bhraanti hai ki giragit prishthabhoomi se apana rang milane ke lie rang badalate haian.

bhojan

inaka pramukh bhojan kit haian, lekin b de giragit pakshiyoan ko bhi kha jate haian. adhikaansh prajatiyaan aande deti haian aur vriksh ya jha di par apane nivas sthan se utarakar ek bar mean do se chalis tak aande, mitti ya s dati huee lak diyoan mean daba deti haian. aandoan se bachche nikalane mean tin mahine ka samay lagata hai. dakshin afrika ki kuchh prajatiyaan bachchoan ko hi janm deti haian.

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