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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- Archaius tigris (KUHL, 1820)
- Bradypodion atromontanum BRANCH, TOLLEY & TILBURY, 2006
- Bradypodion barbatulum TOLLEY, TILBURY & BURGER, 2022
- Bradypodion baviaanense TOLLEY, TILBURY & BURGER, 2022
- Bradypodion caeruleogula RAW & BROTHERS, 2008
- Bradypodion caffrum (BOETTGER, 1889)
- Bradypodion damaranum (BOULENGER, 1887)
- Bradypodion dracomontanum RAW, 1976
- Bradypodion gutturale (SMITH, 1849)
- Bradypodion kentanicum (HEWITT, 1935)
- Bradypodion melanocephalum (GRAY, 1865)
- Bradypodion nemorale RAW, 1978
- Bradypodion ngomeense TILBURY & TOLLEY, 2009
- Bradypodion occidentale (HEWITT, 1935)
- Bradypodion pumilum (GMELIN, 1789)
- Bradypodion setaroi RAW, 1976
- Bradypodion taeniabronchum (SMITH, 1831)
- Bradypodion thamnobates RAW, 1976
- Bradypodion transvaalense (FITZSIMONS, 1930)
- Bradypodion ventrale (GRAY, 1845)
- Bradypodion venustum TOLLEY, TILBURY & BURGER, 2022
- Brookesia antakarana RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995
- Brookesia bekolosy RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995
- Brookesia betschi BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974
- Brookesia bonsi RAMANANTSOA, 1980
- Brookesia brunoi CROTTINI, MIRALLES, GLAW, HARRIS, LIMA & VENCES, 2012
- Brookesia brygooi RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995
- Brookesia confidens GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012
- Brookesia decaryi ANGEL, 1939
- Brookesia dentata MOCQUARD, 1900
- Brookesia desperata GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012
- Brookesia ebenaui (BOETTGER, 1880)
- Brookesia exarmata SCHIMMENTI & JESU, 1996
- Brookesia griveaudi BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974
- Brookesia karchei BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1970
- Brookesia lambertoni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1970
- Brookesia lineata RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995
- Brookesia micra GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012
- Brookesia minima BOETTGER, 1893
- Brookesia nana GLAW, KÖHLER, HAWLITSCHEK, RATSOAVINA, RAKOTOARISON, SCHERZ & VENCES, 2021
- Brookesia perarmata (ANGEL, 1933)
- Brookesia peyrierasi BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1974
- Brookesia ramanantsoai BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1975
- Brookesia stumpffi BOETTGER, 1894
- Brookesia superciliaris (KUHL, 1820)
- Brookesia tedi SCHERZ, KÖHLER, RAKOTOARISON, GLAW & VENCES, 2019
- Brookesia therezieni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1970
- Brookesia thieli BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1969
- Brookesia tristis GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012
- Brookesia tuberculata MOCQUARD, 1894
- Brookesia vadoni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1968
- Brookesia valerieae RAXWORTHY, 1991
- Calumma amber RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006
- Calumma ambreense (RAMANANTSOA, 1974)
- Calumma andringitraense (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1972)
- Calumma boettgeri (BOULENGER, 1888)
- Calumma brevicorne (GÜNTHER, 1879)
- Calumma capuroni (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1972)
- Calumma crypticum RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006
- Calumma cucullatum (GRAY, 1831)
- Calumma emelinae PRÖTZEL, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2020
- Calumma fallax (MOCQUARD, 1900)
- Calumma furcifer (VAILLANT & GRANDIDIER, 1880)
- Calumma gallus (GÜNTHER, 1877)
- Calumma gastrotaenia (BOULENGER, 1888)
- Calumma gehringi PRÖTZEL, VENCES, SCHERZ, VIEITES & GLAW, 2017
- Calumma glawi BÖHME, 1997
- Calumma globifer (GÜNTHER, 1879)
- Calumma guibei (HILLENIUS, 1959)
- Calumma guillaumeti (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974)
- Calumma hafahafa RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006
- Calumma hilleniusi (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1973)
- Calumma jejy RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006
- Calumma juliae PRÖTZEL, VENCES, HAWLITSCHEK, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA & GLAW, 2018
- Calumma lefona PRÖTZEL, VENCES, HAWLITSCHEK, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA & GLAW, 2018
- Calumma linotum (MÜLLER, 1924)
- Calumma malthe (GÜNTHER, 1879)
- Calumma marojezense (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1970)
- Calumma nasutum (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1836)
- Calumma oshaughnessyi (GÜNTHER, 1881)
- Calumma parsonii (CUVIER, 1825)
- Calumma peltierorum RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006
- Calumma peyrierasi (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974)
- Calumma radamanus (MERTENS, 1933)
- Calumma ratnasariae PRÖTZEL, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2020
- Calumma roaloko PRÖTZEL, LAMBERT, ANDRIANASOLO, HUTTER, COBB, SCHERZ & GLAW, 2018
- Calumma tarzan GEHRING, PABIJAN, RATSOAVINA, KÖHLER, VENCES & GLAW, 2010
- Calumma tjiasmantoi PRÖTZEL, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2020
- Calumma tsaratananense (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1967)
- Calumma tsycorne RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006
- Calumma uetzi PRÖTZEL, VENCES, HAWLITSCHEK, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA & GLAW, 2018
- Calumma vatosoa ANDREONE, MATTIOLI, JESU & RANDRIANIRINA, 2001
- Calumma vencesi ANDREONE, MATTIOLI, JESU & RANDRIANIRINA, 2001
- Calumma vohibola GEHRING, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2011
- Chamaeleo africanus LAURENTI, 1768
- Chamaeleo anchietae BOCAGE, 1872
- Chamaeleo arabicus MATSCHIE, 1893
- Chamaeleo calcaricarens BÖHME, 1985
- Chamaeleo calyptratus DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL, 1851
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon (LINNAEUS, 1758)
- Chamaeleo dilepis LEACH, 1819
- Chamaeleo gracilis HALLOWELL, 1844
- Chamaeleo laevigatus GRAY, 1863
- Chamaeleo monachus GRAY, 1865
- Chamaeleo namaquensis SMITH, 1831
- Chamaeleo necasi ULLENBRUCH, KRAUSE & BÖHME, 2007
- Chamaeleo senegalensis DAUDIN, 1802
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus LAURENTI, 1768
- Furcifer angeli (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1968)
- Furcifer antimena (GRANDIDIER, 1872)
- Furcifer balteatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1851)
- Furcifer belalandaensis (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1970)
- Furcifer bifidus (BRONGNIART, 1800)
- Furcifer campani (GRANDIDIER, 1872)
- Furcifer cephalolepis (GÜNTHER, 1880)
- Furcifer labordi (GRANDIDIER, 1872)
- Furcifer lateralis (GRAY, 1831)
- Furcifer major (BRYGOO, 1971)
- Furcifer minor (GÜNTHER, 1879)
- Furcifer monoceras (BOETTGER, 1913)
- Furcifer nicosiai JESU, MATTIOLI & SCHIMMENTI, 1999
- Furcifer oustaleti (MOCQUARD, 1894)
- Furcifer pardalis (CUVIER, 1829)
- Furcifer petteri (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1966)
- Furcifer polleni (PETERS, 1874)
- Furcifer rhinoceratus (GRAY, 1845)
- Furcifer timoni GLAW, KÖHLER & VENCES, 2009
- Furcifer tuzetae (BRYGOO, BOURGAT & DOMERGUE, 1972)
- Furcifer verrucosus (CUVIER, 1829)
- Furcifer viridis FLORIO, INGRAM, RAKOTONDRAVONY, LOUIS JR & RAXWORTHY, 2012
- Furcifer voeltzkowi (BOETTGER, 1893)
- Furcifer willsii (GÜNTHER, 1890)
- Kinyongia adolfifriderici (STERNFELD, 1912)
- Kinyongia asheorum NECAS, SINDACO, KORENÝ, KOPECNÁ, MALONZA & MODRÝ, 2009
- Kinyongia boehmei (LUTZMANN & NECAS, 2002)
- Kinyongia carpenteri (PARKER, 1929)
- Kinyongia excubitor (BARBOUR, 1911)
- Kinyongia fischeri (REICHENOW, 1887)
- Kinyongia gyrolepis GREENBAUM, TOLLEY, JOMA & KUSAMBA, 2012
- Kinyongia itombwensis HUGHES, KUSAMBA, BEHANGANA & GREENBAUM, 2017
- Kinyongia magomberae MENEGON, TOLLEY, JONES, ROVERO, MARSHALL & TILBURY, 2009
- Kinyongia matschiei (WERNER, 1895)
- Kinyongia msuyae MENEGON, LOADER , DAVENPORT, HOWELL, TILBURY, MACHAGA & TOLLEY, 2015
- Kinyongia multituberculata (NIEDEN, 1913)
- Kinyongia mulyai TILBURY & TOLLEY, 2015
- Kinyongia oxyrhina (KLAVER & BÖHME, 1988)
- Kinyongia rugegensis HUGHES, KUSAMBA, BEHANGANA & GREENBAUM, 2017
- Kinyongia tavetana (STEINDACHNER, 1891)
- Kinyongia tenuis (MATSCHIE, 1892)
- Kinyongia tolleyae HUGHES, KUSAMBA, BEHANGANA & GREENBAUM, 2017
- Kinyongia uluguruensis (LOVERIDGE, 1957)
- Kinyongia uthmoelleri (MÜLLER, 1938)
- Kinyongia vanheygeni NECAS, 2009
- Kinyongia vosseleri (NIEDEN, 1913)
- Kinyongia xenorhina (BOULENGER, 1901)
- Nadzikambia baylissi BRANCH & TOLLEY, 2010
- Nadzikambia mlanjensis (BROADLEY, 1965)
- Palleon lolontany (RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995)
- Palleon nasus (BOULENGER, 1887)
- Rhampholeon acuminatus MARIAUX & TILBURY, 2006
- Rhampholeon beraduccii MARIAUX & TILBURY, 2006
- Rhampholeon boulengeri STEINDACHNER, 1911
- Rhampholeon bruessoworum BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014
- Rhampholeon chapmanorum TILBURY, 1992
- Rhampholeon colemani MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022
- Rhampholeon gorongosae BROADLEY, 1971
- Rhampholeon hattinghi TILBURY & TOLLEY, 2015
- Rhampholeon marshalli BOULENGER, 1906
- Rhampholeon maspictus BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014
- Rhampholeon moyeri MENEGON, SALVIDIO & TILBURY, 2002
- Rhampholeon nchisiensis (LOVERIDGE, 1953)
- Rhampholeon nebulauctor BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014
- Rhampholeon nicolai MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022
- Rhampholeon platyceps GÜNTHER, 1893
- Rhampholeon princeeai MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022
- Rhampholeon rubeho MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022
- Rhampholeon sabini MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022
- Rhampholeon spectrum (BUCHHOLZ, 1874)
- Rhampholeon spinosus (MATSCHIE, 1892)
- Rhampholeon temporalis (MATSCHIE, 1892)
- Rhampholeon tilburyi BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014
- Rhampholeon uluguruensis TILBURY & EMMRICH, 1996
- Rhampholeon viridis MARIAUX & TILBURY, 2006
- Rhampholeon waynelotteri MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022
- Rieppeleon brachyurus (GÜNTHER, 1893)
- Rieppeleon brevicaudatus (MATSCHIE, 1892)
- Rieppeleon kerstenii (PETERS, 1868)
- Trioceros affinis (RÜPPELL, 1845)
- Trioceros balebicornutus (TILBURY, 1998)
- Trioceros bitaeniatus (FISCHER, 1884)
- Trioceros camerunensis (MÜLLER, 1909)
- Trioceros chapini (DE WITTE, 1964)
- Trioceros conirostratus (TILBURY, 1998)
- Trioceros cristatus (STUTCHBURY, 1837)
- Trioceros deremensis (MATSCHIE, 1892)
- Trioceros ellioti (GÜNTHER, 1895)
- Trioceros feae (BOULENGER, 1906)
- Trioceros fuelleborni (TORNIER, 1900)
- Trioceros goetzei (TORNIER, 1899)
- Trioceros hanangensis KRAUSE & BÖHME, 2010
- Trioceros harennae (LARGEN, 1995)
- Trioceros hoehnelii (STEINDACHNER, 1891)
- Trioceros incornutus (LOVERIDGE, 1932)
- Trioceros ituriensis (SCHMIDT, 1919)
- Trioceros jacksonii (BOULENGER, 1896)
- Trioceros johnstoni (BOULENGER, 1901)
- Trioceros kinangopensis STIPALA, LUTZMANN, MALONZA, WILKINSON, GODLEY, NYAMACHE & EVANS, 2012
- Trioceros kinetensis (SCHMIDT, 1943)
- Trioceros laterispinis (LOVERIDGE, 1932)
- Trioceros marsabitensis (TILBURY, 1991)
- Trioceros melleri (GRAY, 1865)
- Trioceros montium (BUCHHOLZ, 1874)
- Trioceros narraioca (NECAS, MODRY & SLAPETA, 2003)
- Trioceros ntunte (NECAS, MODRY & SLAPETA, 2005)
- Trioceros nyirit STIPALA, LUTZMANN, MALONZA, BORGHESIO, WILKINSON, GODLEY & EVANS, 2011
- Trioceros oweni (GRAY, 1831)
- Trioceros perreti (KLAVER & BÖHME, 1992)
- Trioceros pfefferi (TORNIER, 1900)
- Trioceros quadricornis (TORNIER, 1899)
- Trioceros rudis (BOULENGER, 1906)
- Trioceros schoutedeni (LAURENT, 1952)
- Trioceros schubotzi (STERNFELD, 1912)
- Trioceros serratus (MERTENS, 1922)
- Trioceros sternfeldi (RAND, 1963)
- Trioceros tempeli (TORNIER, 1899)
- Trioceros werneri (TORNIER, 1899)
- Trioceros wiedersheimi (NIEDEN, 1910)
- Trioceros wolfgangboehmei KOPPETSCH, NEČAS & WIPFLER, 2021
Foto: Trioceros hoehnelli, fotografiert von Marius Burger
