Chameleon Facts
Have you ever seen a Chameleon before? Did you know that Chameleons are a type of lizard? They are a pretty cool hot-blooded reptile. Chameleons come in many different sizes, shapes, and colors. Chameleons are capable of changing their skin color. They don’t necessarily change their skin color to blend in though. They change their skin color for many reasons like maintaining a proper body temperature and communicating. Chameleons are colorful and unique! If you would like to learn more cool facts about Chameleons continue read.
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Quick facts about Chameleons:
1. Chameleons are cold-blooded reptiles. There are more than
145 species of Chameleons. Here is a list of some of the different types:
- Common chameleons
- Cape dwarf chameleons
- Chapman's pygmy
- Graceful chameleon
- Jeweled chameleon
- Parson's chameleon
- Panther chameleon
- Veiled chameleon
2. Most chameleons are omnivores (insectivores). Chameleons
eat insects like grasshoppers, crickets, worms, and other insects. Some
chameleons eat plant vegetation.
3. The Parson's chameleon is the largest of the chameleons.
Depending on the gender they can grow to about 28 inches long and weigh as much
as two pounds (2lbs).
4. The Brookesia nana is the smallest of the chameleons. It
was discovered in 2021 by German researchers. Depending on the gender it can
grow to be about an inch long. It can't weigh much because it is very tiny. It
could be the smallest reptile in the world.
5. The Chapman's pygmy is one of the rarest chameleons in
the world. They are very tiny but not as small as the Brookesia nana.
6. Chameleons are diurnal. Diurnal means they are mostly
active during daytime hours.
7. Most chameleons are arboreal. Arboreal means they prefer
to live in trees. Not all chameleons prefer to live in trees though, some like
to live on the forest/desert floor.
8. Chameleons live in the rain forest and places with high temperatures like the desert. Most chameleons come from Africa and Asia.
There are a lot of species of chameleons in Madagascar.
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Books about Chameleons:
1. Chameleons Are Cool by Martin Jenkins
2. Born To Stand Out by Nikki Rogers
3. National Geographic Readers Animals That Change Color by
Libby Romero
4. A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
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Short story alert:
Once upon a time, there was a tiny Brookesia nana chameleon.
His name was Frankie. He had a friend named Fancy who was a Parson’s chameleon.
They lived in a hot forest in Madagascar. Whenever he looked at Fancy, he
thought he must be just as big and colorful as she was. Whenever Fancy looked
at him, she thought she must be as small and beautiful as Frankie was. You see
there were no mirrors in the forest where they lived so they could not see what
they looked like. Frankie thought he could do all the things Fancy could
do, but he was so small that it took him twice as long to complete such a task as
climbing a tree. Fancy thought she could do everything Frankie did, but she was much too big to fit in the tiny crevices that Frankie could crawl in. They grew
together and loved one another and never even knew they were different, because
when they looked at each other they never saw themselves. They just thought
they looked like each other. Imagine our world with no mirrors. THE END! By
Mimi Jones
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