Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Snail shells on Crown daisy (Glebionis coronarium) flower, Kritsa, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Simon Colmer / Hard fern (Blechnum spicant) frond uncurling, Perthshire, Scotland, UK.

Ross Hoddinott / Hard fern {Blechnum spicant} frond uncurling, Cornwall, UK. April

Edwin Giesbers / Parson's chameleon (Chamaeleo parsonii) close-up of tail, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Male Parson's Chameleon (Chamaeleo parsonii) detail of coiled tail, rainforest understorey. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

Pete Oxford / Close up of coiled Chameleon tail, MADAGASCAR

Alex Hyde / Panther chameleon, close up of tail uncoiling {Furcifer pardalis} Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Close up of coiled tail of Parson's chameleon {Calumma parsonii} showing scales and strong green colouration. Tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Panther chameleon tail {Furcifer pardalis} close up of coiled tail, red colouration, Madagascar.

Edwin Giesbers / Parson's chameleon (Chamaeleo parsonii) close-up of tail, Madagascar

Alan Watson / Coiled tail of the female Chameleon (Furcifer balteatus) Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Alex Hyde / Oustalet's chameleon {Furcifer oustaleti} juvenile on branch at night, dry deciduous forest, Kirindy Forest. Western Madagascar.