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Crested chameleon

Trioceros cristatus (Stutchbury, 1837)

Status not recordedlizards

The crested chameleon (Trioceros cristatus) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 56.6 g and reach 14.5 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the crested chameleon

Weight
56.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
14.5 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
2.5 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
242 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
11 – 37src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the crested chameleon?

CRESTED CHAMELEON · LENGTH 14.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 14.5 cm, the recorded maximum length of the crested chameleon is about 8.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the crested chameleon live?

Not recorded

Is the crested chameleon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the crested chameleon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyChamaeleonidae
  6. genusTrioceros
  7. SpeciesTrioceros cristatus (Stutchbury, 1837)

Synonyms Chamaeleo cristatus, Chamaeleon cristatus, Pterosaurus cristata

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Sail backed chameleonEnglish
  • chameleon hřebenatýCzech
  • Kammet KamæleonDanish
  • KammchamäleonGerman
  • Camaleonte crestatoItalian
  • Kameleon grzebieniastyPolish
  • Гребешковый хамелеонRussian

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Relatives of the crested chameleon

Other species in the same genus Trioceros.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the crested chameleon?

An adult crested chameleon weighs 56.6 g and measures 14.5 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the crested chameleon?

The crested chameleon (Trioceros cristatus) belongs to the family Chamaeleonidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Crested chameleon (Trioceros cristatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/crested-chameleon

MLA

“Crested chameleon (Trioceros cristatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/crested-chameleon.

BibTeX
@misc{crested_chameleon_2026,
  title = {Crested chameleon (Trioceros cristatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crested-chameleon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}