Hiding in the lush greenery of Réunion Island, the caméléon endormi (literally “sleepy chameleon”) is a living jewel of ...

The chameleon is a reptile and not an amphibian. They are a lizard species that belongs to the Reptilia class and is part of ...

Labord's chameleon, found in western Madagascar, holds the shortest lifespan record for tetrapods, living just four to five months. They reach sexual ...

Labord's chameleons are only found in Western Madagascar and have developed a live fast die young life cycle to cope with the extreme environmental conditions.

That refers to the lizards’ odd, slow gait—but also could be read as a plea to conserve the curious species and their home terrain. Even though chameleons have attracted attention for ...

The blue rod visible inside the lizard’s throat is attached to the chameleon’s famously long tongue. A muscle called the lingual accelerator muscle surrounds the rod, and its contraction stores the ...

Chameleons, crocodiles, snakes: reptiles are truly fascinating animals. There are over 10,000 discovered reptile species. Many of them existed during the dinosaur ages, millions of years ago - in ...

Herpetologists at the University of Munich discovered that many chameleon species have bony tubercles protruding from their skulls that glow blue under UV light. The researchers say this ornamentation ...

Furcifer belalandaensis is a chameleon species endemic to the rural commune of Belalanda in the district of Toliara II, in the Region Atsimo Andrefana. The NGO “Madagasikara Voakajy" has been ...