🦎Veiled chameleon
The veiled chameleon is a species of chameleon native to the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Other common names include cone-head chameleon, Yemen chameleon, and Yemeni chameleon. They are born pastel green and without their distinctive casques on their head. When newly hatched veiled chameleons are surprised, they may drop to the ground and turn a bright red color due to stress.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2012.
- Body mass
- 0.24 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 10 years
Everything we know about the Veiled chameleon
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.24 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan10 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietOmnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.24 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female0.18 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l0.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Veiled chameleon yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyChamaeleonidae
- ›genusChamaeleo
- ›speciesChamaeleo calyptratus
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- suborderIguania
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusChamaeleo
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- suborderIguania
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusChamaeleo
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