Chamaeleonidae Chamaeleoninae Chamaeleo africanus Euleptes europaea
Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mediterranean Chameleon
C. chamaeleon (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Bodrum, Turkey
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. chamaeleon (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Bodrum, Turkey
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. chamaeleon (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult, Monte Gordo, Algarve, Portugal, May 1997
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
C. chamaeleon (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult, Monte Gordo, Algarve, Portugal, May 1997
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
C. chamaeleon (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult, Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal, May 1997
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
C. chamaeleon (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult, Quelfes, Algarve, Portugal, May 1997
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
C. chamaeleon (© Lars Bergendorf)

Adult, Monte Gordo, Algarve, Portugal, June 2003
(Photo by Lars Bergendorf, club100.net)
C. chamaeleon (© Sergey Eliseev)

Adult, Gnejna Bay, Malta, August 16, 2004
(Photo by Sergey Eliseev)
C. chamaeleon (© Rémi Fonters)

Adult, El Puerto de Santa Maria (Cadiz), Spain, April 29, 2004
(Photo by Rémi Fonters, Coronella - Herpétofaune de France et d'ailleurs)
C. chamaeleon (© Rémi Fonters)

Young, Chipiona (Cadiz), Spain, April 30, 2004
(Photo by Rémi Fonters, Coronella - Herpétofaune de France et d'ailleurs)
Distribution:
South Portugal and Spain, Sicily (?), Malta, Crete, Chios, Samos, south-west Asia and north Africa
Similar species:
Chamaeleo africanus (Chamaeleonidae)
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