▁the ▁African ▁main land , ▁large ▁male ▁T . ▁m eller i ▁typically ▁reach ▁ ▁in ▁length , ▁but ▁exception ally ▁large ▁spec im ens ▁have ▁re put edly ▁reached ▁over ▁ ▁in ▁length ▁and ▁have ▁we ighed ▁. ▁ ▁Fem ales ▁are ▁generally ▁smaller ▁than ▁males , ▁ ▁and ▁have ▁less ▁developed ▁d ors al ▁and ▁med ial ▁cr ests . ▁ ▁The ▁head ▁of ▁this ▁species ▁is ▁relatively ▁small ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁its ▁body ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁more ▁el ong ated ▁shape ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁other ▁ch ame le ons ▁in ▁its ▁genus . ▁ ▁T . ▁m eller i ▁is ▁st out - b od ied ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁relatively ▁stub by ▁tail ▁one ▁third ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁its ▁body . ▁ ▁A ▁low , ▁scal loped ▁cr est ▁extends ▁from ▁just ▁behind ▁the ▁cas que ▁of ▁the ▁head ▁through ▁the ▁proxim al ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁tail , ▁and ▁a ▁sharp ▁med ial ▁cr est ▁runs ▁from ▁the ▁l izard ' s ▁eyes ▁to ▁the ▁tip ▁of ▁its ▁sn out , ▁which ▁be ars ▁a ▁single ▁small ▁horn . ▁ ▁This ▁ch ame le on ▁be ars ▁greatly ▁en larg ed ▁oc cip ital ▁lo bes . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁heter ogeneous ▁scales ▁which ▁vary ▁shape ▁and ▁size ▁to ▁various ▁parts ▁of ▁its ▁body ▁and ▁large , ▁gran ular ▁scales ▁distributed ▁hom ogene ously ▁on ▁the ▁tr unk ▁and ▁lim bs . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁longitud inal ▁rows ▁of ▁large , ▁gran ular ▁scales ▁in ▁the ▁ch