Chameleons Native to Aruba?

[dcooley08]

Are there any chams native to Aruba? Im out here on business for a couple days and it has been perfect weather for chams. didnt know if i could catch a glimps before i leave. But i guess a google search could answere my question. lol

 

[Olimpia]

Nope, all true chameleon species are all old-world so there are no native chameleons on this side of the planet. Their range is essentially Africa, the Mediterranean, and as far East as some areas of India.

 

[SarahcoadunatioZac]

Possibly why they are so beautiful and amazing intelligent reptiles. The New World tends to have a cluster of botched eco-systems by travelers.

 

[Carlton]

Possibly why they are so beautiful and amazing intelligent reptiles. The New World tends to have a cluster of botched eco-systems by travelers.

What??? It wasn't botched before humans settled it. There are hundreds of amazing creatures native to the New World just like there are in the Old. We take for granted what is "ordinary" and familiar but praise the exotic. What is ordinary to someone in the USA is exotic and precious to someone in India. Everything travels either on its own power or hitching on something else. You can see "botched" systems in the old world. There are European forests that can't even replace themselves anymore because their soils are so "clean" they are ecologically dead...killed off by pesticides, contaminants, and human mismanagement. Whole cadres of endemic species gone forever. Some went from one World to the other and back again and they picked up benefits from all those environments.