hey so i was looking through my zoology book today and i saw a picture of what they called a "european chameleon"... i was kinda confused, didnt know many lived in europe.. or asia.. anybody know an species that live in europe? or anywhere else but africa? thanks

It was probably Chamaeleo chamaeleon, aka European or Mediterranean chameleon. They live in Spain and Portugal.

C. chamaeleon is the first species of chameleon I hatched. It is found in Portugal and Spain but is also found in North Africa...
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/...hamaeleon.html

...and Italy, Cipro, Malta....

You can also find in Greece, Chamaeleo africanus.
Two years ago there was a project that was supported by DGHT Chamaleons.

Best regards

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A whole group of different species...

is there a population of Chamaeleo chamaeleon in Italy!!! what part of italy?


beligumlizard- the projekt with Ch africanus in greece is still aktive


some chams outside of Africa:
Ch monachus: socotra (yemen/somalia)
Ch arabicus : oman, yemen
Ch zeylanicus :India, sri lanka
ch ch musae :sinai peninsula
Ch ch recticrista : cypres, tyrky, libanon, syria
Ch ch orientalis saudi arabia, yemen

Brookesia spp
Calumma spp
Furcifer spp

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regards Casper s petersen

there are small populations of C. Chameleon in south Italy, but the exact places are "secret" for don't disturb the animals.

isnt there jax in spain too?

wow thats freakin awsome... they live near the meditarranean? srry spelling lol. what kind of habitat to you make for them in captivity? is the humid high enough there? what kind of forest do they live in? is their rainforest there?

There's quite a bit of information about how I kept them in the profile I did on ADCHAM (those were my chameleons)...
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/...hamaeleon.html

I'll post some other information later.