Two third of the world chameleons are found in Madagascar. It means that most of the chameleons that you can see in the island are endemic.

 

Those chameleons are split up into three genera. The Brookesia (leaf chameleon), a more primitive chameleon and most of the time they are found on the ground, the Calumma (found in the east and in the central of the island) and the Furcifer (well-adapted to the drier habitat) which are more arboreal and famous for changing colours.

 

There is more chance to spot them as soon as it gets dark as it is a total relaxation for them. They change their colours according to the situation they experience, and they are so skillful to rotate their eyes into two different directions.

 

The biggest chameleons in Madagascar are the Parson’s chameleon in the east, Oustalet’s chameleon in the south and west, and the Panther chameleon in the northwest and the northeast.

 

Amazingly, the world smallest arboreal chameleon is also endemic to Madagascar, and it is called the Nose-horned chameleon.

 

To see chameleons, Madagascar is the right place where you can see them with different colours and how they catch their prey with their long tongue.

 

Your trip to Madagascar is an opportunity for you to find more chameleon species as many of them have disappeared, and now, we are IN SEARCH OF THREATENED SPECIES…