Description: Scientific name: Chamaeleo gracilis Life span: Up to 10 years The sub-Saharan African region is home to the graceful chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis), a species of chameleon. C. gracilis frequently has a green stripe on its side and is green, yellow, or brown in color. Although its entire length, including the tail, is […]
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Description: Scientific name: Bradypodion thamnobates Life span: 5-7 years Its body is covered in bulbous scales of various hues. White skin covers its throat, and the head crest is yellow. Females are brown with smaller helmet-like protrusions, while males have a short orange stripe around the middle of their bodies and red eyelids.
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Description: Scientific name: Trioceros quadricornis Life span: 3-7 years The four-horned chameleon, like many other chameleons, has a prehensile tail and only one claw on each toe. Adults typically grow to a total length (including tail) of 10 to 14 inches; it typically has four noticeable horns, although occasionally just two can be seen
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Description: Scientific name: Furcifer oustaleti Life span: 5-8 years A big species of chameleon native to Madagascar called the Malagasy giant chameleon, sometimes known as the Oustalet’s chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), has also been introduced close to Nairobi in Kenya (though its current status there is unclear). The dorsal crest, which is made up of 45
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Description: Scientific name: Chamaeleo dilepis Life span: 5-8 years A species of arboreal chameleon in the Chamaeleonidae family is the flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis). A giant chameleon, Chamaeleo dilepis, can grow to be 35 cm long overall (including the tail) (14 in). The colors range from light to dark green, yellow, and brown.
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Description: Scientific name: Furcifer lateralis Life span: 2-3 years the white-lined chameleon, often known as the carpet chameleon (Furcifer lateralis). Males are primarily green, but females have larger bodies, a greater variety of colors, including white, yellow, and orange bands. The lips and throats of both sexes are striped. They have the ability to
Description: Scientific name: Trioceros hoehnelli Life span: 4-6 years The chameleon Trioceros hoehnelli is tiny to medium-sized. Over the course of its range, coloration varies greatly. It may be seen soaking up the sun in the morning, almost all black to absorb the heat energy from the sun. This species features a single
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Description: Scientific name: Chamaeleo calyptratus Life span: 4-8 years Its body is thicker. A casque on the head is present on both sexes, and it gets bigger as the chameleon ages, growing to a maximum size of around 5 cm (2.0 in) in the largest adults. The young are born pastel green in
Description: Scientific name: Brookesia peyrierasi Life span: Unknown A species of little chameleon belonging to the Chamaeleonidae family is called Brookesia peyrierasi. The herpetologist André Peyriéras gave it the popular name Peyrieras’s pygmy chameleon. Native Region/Habitat Forests are B. peyrierasi’s native habitat. The region of north-eastern Madagascar is home to the species. Behavior: The
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Description: Scientific name: Chamaeleo senegalensis Life span: 5 years Normally lime or leaf green, these chameleons can occasionally seem olive green with blotches that look dark gray or brown, depending on how they’re feeling or whether they’re basking. Native Region/Habitat A chameleon species that is indigenous to West Africa is the Senegal chameleon