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Parson's Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Parson's Chameleon

Calumma parsonii (Cuvier, 1825)

Calumma parsonii, or Parson's chameleon, is a large Malagasy chameleon species with two subspecies and a long egg incubation period.

Malthe's Green-eared Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Malthe's Green-eared Chameleon

Calumma malthe (Günther, 1879)

Malthe's green-eared chameleon (Calumma malthe) is a chameleon species native to Madagascar.

Glaw's Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Glaw's Chameleon

Calumma glawi Böhme, 1997

Calumma glawi is an oviparous chameleon species endemic to Madagascar that lives in forest at 1030–1200 m altitude.

Short-horned Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Short-horned Chameleon

Calumma brevicorne (Günther, 1879)

Calumma brevicorne, the short-horned chameleon, is an endemic arboreal chameleon of Madagascar found in mid-altitude humid forest.

Deceptive Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Deceptive Chameleon

Calumma fallax (Mocquard, 1900)

Calumma fallax is a medium-sized endemic chameleon from eastern Madagascar currently classified as data deficient.

Lance-nosed chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Lance-nosed chameleon

Calumma gallus (Günther, 1877)

Calumma gallus, the lance-nosed or blade chameleon, is a chameleon species endemic to eastern Madagascar.

Perinet Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Perinet Chameleon

Calumma gastrotaenia (Boulenger, 1888)

Calumma gastrotaenia, the Perinet chameleon, is a small slender chameleon with three subspecies and distinct male traits.

Amber Mountain Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Amber Mountain Chameleon

Calumma amber Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006

Calumma amber, the Amber Mountain chameleon, is an endemic Madagascan chameleon species described in 2006.

Cryptic Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Cryptic Chameleon

Calumma crypticum Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006

Calumma crypticum is a sexually dimorphic chameleon endemic to humid forests of Madagascar, with variable bright colouration.

Mount Amber Blue-nosed Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Mount Amber Blue-nosed Chameleon

Calumma linotum (Müller, 1924)

The blue-nosed chameleon, Calumma linotum, is a chameleon endemic to northern Madagascar, common in Nosy Be's forests.

Andasibe Nosed Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Andasibe Nosed Chameleon

Calumma nasutum (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

Calumma nasutum, the big-nosed chameleon, is a small arboreal chameleon named for its distinct nasal appendage that lives in Madagascar rainforests.

Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion ventrale (Gray, 1845)

Bradypodion ventrale, the southern dwarf chameleon, is a relatively large dwarf chameleon found in South Africa's Eastern Cape.

Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion transvaalense (Fitzsimons, 1930)

Bradypodion transvaalense is a bright-colored, territorial, aggressive species distinguished from genus relatives by its red and orange hues.

Setaro's Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Setaro's Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion setaroi Raw, 1976

Bradypodion setaroi is a small endemic South African dwarf chameleon that can adapt to suburban gardens, where cats prey on it.

Cape Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Cape Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion pumilum (Gmelin, 1789)

Bradypodion pumilum, the Cape dwarf chameleon, is a medium-sized live-bearing chameleon endemic to winter rainfall regions of southwestern South Africa.

Namaqua Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Namaqua Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion occidentale (Hewitt, 1935)

Bradypodion occidentale, the Namaqua Dwarf Chameleon, is a large stocky dwarf chameleon native to coastal southwestern Africa, threatened by habitat loss.

Robertson Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Robertson Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion gutturale (Smith, 1849)

Bradypodion gutturale is a medium-sized dwarf chameleon native to Western Cape, South Africa, adapted to dry fynbos habitats.

Knysna Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Knysna Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion damaranum (Boulenger, 1887)

Bradypodion damaranum, the Knysna dwarf chameleon, is a South African dwarf chameleon with distinctive traits and a limited regional range.

Swartberg Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Swartberg Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion atromontanum Branch, Tolley & Tilbury, 2006

Bradypodion atromontanum is a small arboreal chameleon endemic to mountain fynbos in South Africa's Western Cape Swartberg mountains.

Natal Midland Dwarf Chamaeleon
Chamaeleonidae

Natal Midland Dwarf Chamaeleon

Bradypodion thamnobates Raw, 1976

Bradypodion thamnobates (Natal Midlands dwarf chameleon) is a small endangered chameleon used in local South African folk medicine.

Black-headed Dwarf Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Black-headed Dwarf Chameleon

Bradypodion melanocephalum (Gray, 1865)

Bradypodion melanocephalum, the black-headed dwarf chameleon, is a color-changing chameleon found in coastal and inland South African vegetation.

East Usambara Pitted Pygmy Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

East Usambara Pitted Pygmy Chameleon

Rhampholeon temporalis (Matschie, 1892)

Rhampholeon temporalis is a species of chameleon found in Tanzania, with common names Usambara stumptail chameleon and East Usambara pygmy chameleon.

Nchisi Pitless Pygmy Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Nchisi Pitless Pygmy Chameleon

Rhampholeon nchisiensis (Loveridge, 1953)

Rhampholeon nchisiensis is a chameleon species found in Malawi and Tanzania, with two common names.

Spiny Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae

Spiny Chameleon

Furcifer verrucosus Cuvier, 1829

Furcifer verrucosus, the warty chameleon, is a large Madagascan chameleon protected under CITES.

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