Panther chameleon
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A panther chameleon grips slender branches tightly with tong-like feet.
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A panther chameleon grips slender branches tightly with tong-like feet.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Panther chameleon
- Scientific name
- Furcifer pardalis
- Japanese name
- パンサーカメレオン
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Chamaeleonidae
- Genus
- Furcifer
Where the name “Panther chameleon” comes from
The name chameleon comes from Greek words meaning “on the ground” and “lion”.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebA chameleon of the island of Madagascar. It seems to prefer open places that are not too shady.
It is very brightly colored. Its colors and patterns differ greatly depending on where it comes from.
It moves its two eyes separately to look all around. It waits for prey to come close and catches it with its long tongue.
How the Panther chameleon lives
It is active during the day. It mainly eats land-dwelling invertebrates, such as insects. It usually lives alone and holds a territory. During breeding, males signal to females by bobbing their heads and intensifying their body colors.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- up to 23 cm
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Range
- Madagascar
Where the Panther chameleon has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- パンサーカメレオン
- 简体中文
- 豹变色龙
- 繁體中文
- 豹變色龍
- 한국어
- 팬서카멜레온
- Español
- Camaleón pantera
- Français
- Caméléon panthère
- Deutsch
- Pantherchamäleon
- Português (Brasil)
- Camaleão-pantera
- Italiano
- Camaleonte pantera
- العربية
- حرباء النمر
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kameleon macan
- Русский
- Пантерный хамелеон
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Furcifer pardalisChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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