How to identify chameleons

How to identify chameleons

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Identifying chameleons – Did you know that there is a platform where you can post any of your chameleon observations online while travelling? Anyone can share their photographed observations with others on iNaturalist. You can also have chameleons that you were unable to identify yourself identified by experts. Some people from the Chameleons working group are also represented there! Scientists and curious people from all over the world can view the observations and find new locations or unknown species from the comfort of their own homes. Or make exciting observations – such as this recent publication on mosquito bites in chameleons.

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Picture: Trioceros deremensis, photographed by Simon Tonge

Chameleon species worldwide

Chameleon species worldwide

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Do you know how many chameleons there are in the world? There are currently exactly 228 species! Most of them are found in Africa, over 40% of them only on the island of Madagascar. But there are also chameleons in southern Spain, Italy, Turkey and India. They range from brightly coloured to small and brown, from tiny to huge. An incredible variety makes this group of reptiles unique. And not all species have been described yet!

Here is a list of all currently known chameleon species, each with a link to the ReptileDatabase for further information:

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Foto: Trioceros hoehnelli, fotografiert von Marius Burger