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What does Chameleon mean?

What is the Chameleons family/species?
What does the Chameleon look like?
What are special names for a chameleon?
How do Chameleons move?
How does the Chameleons movements promote survival?
What does the Chameleon eat?
Is the Chameleon at the top of the food chain?
What is the Chameleon life cycle and reproduction?
What is the Chameleons habitat?
What are the Chameleons adaptations?
What is a Chameleons behavior in the wild?
What is the Chameleons defense and offense?
Is the Chameleon in danger of extinction?
What are a Chameleons predators?
Who is the Chameleon closely related to?
Fun Facts
Glossary

The Chameleon is
on a branch

What does Chameleon mean?

Chameleon means earth lion and comes from the Greek words Chamai
(meaning on the ground) and Leon (meaning lion).

The Chameleon is
changing color

The Chameleon is looking

around

What is the Chameleons

family\species
The Chameleons family is Chamaeleonidae. Their class
is reptilia. Their kingdom is Animalia.

Hi!!!!

What does the Chameleon look

like? How is it unique?
The Chameleons capability to change color to show
mood is pretty cool. Their tongue is also very long so it
can catch insects from a very long distance away, also its
forked toes make it able to grab sticks, vines, and other
things. Chameleons have very good eyesight and they
can move their eyes in weird ways. They also shed their
skin in pieces, how often they shed depends on how fast
they grow.

Food!!

What are special names for a

chameleon?
The baby chameleons are called hatchlings, but the
males and females do not have any special names to be
called by therefore they are only called male and female.
Chameleons live solitary lives so they do not travel in
groups which means they have no special group names.

The Chameleon
is eating

The Chameleon is
hiding

How do Chameleons move?

Chameleons move with their legs. Their feet however are
like clamps, they dont have multiple toes they only have
two clamp like toes that work almost on a hinge, and
they use these toes to grab onto branches,vines,etc.
Chameleons dont walk around flat footed though so you
will always find them hanging onto things.

Both Chameleons are

How does the Chameleons

movements promote survival?
Staying up in trees helps to stay away from predators
that live on the ground, but the birds are a chameleons
natural predator, they can use there ability to change
colors and camouflage themselves.

The baby
chameleons are
playing

What does the Chameleon eat?

Chameleons eat slugs, snails, flies, moths, spiders,
roaches, pill bugs, millipedes, grasshoppers, katydids,
locusts, mantis, etc.

The chameleon
is eating a insect

Is the Chameleon at the top of the

food chain?
The Chameleon is not at the top of the food chain. Its
predators are birds, bigger lizards, and sometimes
monkeys. You can tell they are at the bottom of the food
chain because they do not eat meat, only insects and
plants.

The chameleons are

looking around

What is the Chameleons life cycle

and reproduction?
Gestation happens when females have a 3-6 week
gestation period. After her eggs mature she digs a hole
in the ground where she deposits her eggs, then buries
them. Smaller chameleons can have 2-4 eggs, while
bigger chameleons can have 80-100 eggs. The eggs hatch
between 4-12 months later depending on the species of
the chameleon. Some chameleons lay eggs, but most
give birth to live young.

What is the Chameleons habitat?

The Chameleon prefers to live in the hot sticky
Rainforest. It can live in the Savanna, semi desert, and
steppe. The Chameleons live in Africa, Spain, Portugal,
and Asia, most live in Madagascar. They mainly stay in
rainforests and deserts for their moderate climatic
ranges.

What are the Chameleons

adaptations?
The Chameleon has many ways that it adapts to its
habitat, the Chameleons tongue is made long to dart out
and catch insects their tongue is longer than they are,
also their amazing ability to change color to show mood,
lastly they have two forked toes so it is easy to grab onto
branches, vines, etc.

The chameleon is

The chameleon is looking down

What is a Chameleons behavior in

the wild?
The Chameleon lives a solitary life, they appear to be
quite timid lizards, and they will retreat rather than fight
when they can. It is told that they are a very intelligent
species of lizard. Chameleons are not nocturnal they
move through the day, they dont burrow either, neither
do they migrate but they do shed. their skin in pieces.

The chameleon is coming

off a branch

What is a Chameleons defense and

offense?
Chameleons can alter their shape to look as flat as a leaf,
they can also puff themselves up to a norm size, and into
monstrous shapes. They will also hiss like snakes to
frighten predators. If the Chameleon is attacked by a
poor example of a predator, like a tree snake, it will just
let go of the branch it was on and tumble to the ground.

The chameleon
is walking

Is the Chameleon in danger of

extinction?
According to the national wildlife federation there are
over 180 different species of Chameleon. Only a few are
in danger of going extinct. Destroying a Chameleons
natural habitat is the biggest threat to its existence.
Another life threat is when someone catches a
Chameleon in hopes of a pet, but as soon as they go into
a human home within a day they will die, they prefer
forests, trees, and bushes.

What are a Chameleons enemies?

Chameleons are at the bottom of the food chain, so it
has predators. Birds, snakes, bigger lizards, and some
times monkeys.

What???

What is the Chameleon closely

related to?
Their class is reptilia, order is squamata, kingdom is
Animalia, family is chamaeleondae, phylum is Chordata,
their genus/species is Chamaeleo calyptratus. The
Chameleon is closely related to the Iguana.
Both
chameleons are
looking around

Fun Facts
1.The egg of the rare parsons Chameleon is believed to
take 2 years to hatch.
2. They produce sound that are completely inaudible to
the human ear.
3. Their tongue is longer than their body.
Both
chameleons
4. Male Chameleons live longer than female
are walking
Chameleons.

Glossary
Adaptations: meaning to adapt to a rough environment,
or a change to what your used to.(verb)
Promote: meaning a promotion getting moved up to a
higher level.(verb)
Reproduction: meaning to make more.(verb)
Predator: meaning to eat or kill a certain animal.(noun)
Nocturnal: meaning to stay out at night and sleep in the
day. (verb)
Gestation: the process of carrying babies.(verb)