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Wikipedia: Chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a prehensile tail, crests or horns on their distinctively shaped heads, and the ability of some to change color. Uniquely adapted for climbing and visual hunting, the approximately 160 species of chameleon range from Africa, Madagascar, Spain and Portugal, across south Asia, to Sri Lanka, have been introduced to Hawaii, California and Florida, and are found in warm habitats that vary from rain forest to desert conditions.
![[Chameleon in the 'réserve spéciale d'Analamazotra', Madagascar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brookesia_s.jpg "Chameleon in the 'réserve spéciale d'Analamazotra', Madagascar")
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![[Chamaeleo melleri]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mellers_chameleon_bristol_zoo_arp_s.jpg "Chamaeleo melleri")
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![[Furcifer oustaleti near Ambalavao, Madagascar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cam_C3_A9l_C3_A9on_Madagascar_02_s.jpg "Furcifer oustaleti near Ambalavao, Madagascar")
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![[Camouflage of a Common Chameleon in its natural environment]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cameleon_Tunisie_s.jpg "Camouflage of a Common Chameleon in its natural environment")
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![[This Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) turned black]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chamaeleo_chamaeleon_Frightened_thus_black_s.jpg "This Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) turned black")
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![[Common Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Camale_C3_B3n_s.jpg "Common Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon")
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![[Cape Dwarf Chameleon, Tokai, South Africa]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cape_Dwarf_Chameleon_s.jpg "Cape Dwarf Chameleon, Tokai, South Africa")
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