Chamaeleon (Furcifer pardalis)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Diapsida » Lepidosauromorpha » Squamata » Iguania » Chamaeleonidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Red cone610,555nm480nm500nm575nm
Double cone610,555nm440nm460nm575nm
Green cone505,480nm440nm460nm493nm
Rod505,480nm491nm
Blue cone455,440nm340nm360nm447nm
Vio/UV cone360nm  365nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Amber-Cyan
592nm - 540nm - 490nm
 
Red cone Green cone Photopic
Green-Blue
526nm - 483nm - 446nm
 
Green cone
Red cone
Blue cone Photopic
Indigo-UV
448nm - 403nm - 361nm
 
Blue cone Vio/UV cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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