#1536 · 🦎 reptiles
Common Chameleon
🇳🇱 Gewone Kameleon ·Chamaeleo chamaeleon
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © nielsbuuspedersen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © J. Gállego · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © mario_mairal · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Milan Svoboda · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © simben · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Lecce, Apulia, IT:© Emiliano Mori · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Għajn Tuffieħa, Mellieha, Malta:© nielsbuuspedersen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. נתניה, ישראל:© Noam morad · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Khan Yunis, PS-GZ, PS:© mrcarioca · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The common chameleon or Mediterranean chameleon ( Chamaeleo chamaeleon ), together with the African chameleon, C. africanus , is one of only two extant species of Chamaleonidae with a range that extends into Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,306 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Chameleon
- Nederlands
- Gewone Kameleon
- scientific name
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Chamaeleonidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,824
- sightings worldwide
- 5,306
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Chamaeleonidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 32864, Wikidata Q577924, GBIF 2449051, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.