Chameleon color and breed?

[Ghostbirb]

I though It might be interesting to post something here and maybe learn about the colors and what they mean for the chameleon I’m pet sitting!

 

[MissSkittles]

You have a pretty translucent girl veiled (or Yemen) chameleon. What makes her translucent are the pink areas on her feet and legs. Those look to be her relaxed colors. Chameleons will change colors usually according to their mood and temperature. If too cold, they darken to better absorb the heat/light. When stressed, their colors can either brighten or darken and their patterns will show better. They will also puff out, which is more noticeable at their chin (gular area). When females are ready for a mate (called receptive) they develop mustard yellow or orange and teal spots and splashes. When they have eggs in them (called gravid) they will often darken and their spots will become more pronounced. When they sleep, they turn bright green. Once a girl has reached her maturity and developed her colors, she won’t usually return to being solid green again like she was as a baby/juvenile.
The male veiled chameleons have different patterns, bumps called tarsal spurs at their back heels and their heads (called a casque) is much higher.
Here’s some pics of my veiled girl Stella.
This was when I first got her. She was muddy colored as she hated her enclosure (it was too small).

She brightened up once in her much larger enclosure.

These are her receptive colors/patterns.

…until she found she could sneak peeks at my male and then she showed all of her bright colors.

This was how she looked just about a week or so before laying her infertile eggs.

This is her ‘normal’ adult coloration.

This is Hammlet, my male veiled chameleon. His resting colors.

…and all excited because he can see his forbidden love, Stella.

 

[Ghostbirb]

Oh wow, thank for telling me! They are absolutely beautiful!