How to obtain 3D colored surface via Python?

Question

How to obtain the following surface via Matplotlib?

It is easy in matlab via:

mesh(peaks)

It seems matplotlib does not have an exac

Answer 1

It seems the current matplotlib 1.3.1 does not handle such mesh plot or further PDF export. gnuplot.pygnuplot.py 1.8 might be a choice before there is further updates in matplotlib.

Here is an example created via gnuplot:

MayaVI2 does not support PDF exports but might be another good choice.