🦁 Animal world 🐊 Reptiles and amphibians

The chameleon

📖 In short

The chameleon is an amazing lizard that can change color! Most kinds live in the forests of Africa and Madagascar, and some in Arabia, South Asia and southern Spain. There are more than 100 kinds of chameleons.

🤩 Did you know?

There are about 100 kinds of chameleons, or more.
The smallest chameleon in the world can stand on the head of a match!
A chameleon's tongue shoots out and catches an insect in a tiny fraction of a second.
About half of all kinds of chameleons live on Madagascar.

🔎 Find out more

🌟 Changing color

A chameleon changes color depending on its mood, the temperature and the light: it may turn dark when it's cold to soak up the sun's heat, and bright when it's angry or wants attention.

🔍 Swiveling eyes

A chameleon can move each eye on its own in a different direction! It can look forward with one eye and backward with the other at the same time.

💡 A tongue like an arrow

A chameleon's tongue is very long, sometimes longer than its body, with something sticky at the tip. It shoots it out lightning-fast at an insect, which sticks to it, then pulls it back into its mouth.