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Elliot's chameleon

Trioceros ellioti (Günther, 1895)

Status not recordedlizards

The elliot's chameleon (Trioceros ellioti) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 18.4 g and reach 9.18 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the elliot's chameleon

Weight
18.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
7.93 cm – 9.18 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
6 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
6 – 28src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
6 months – 9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 3src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Live birthsrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the elliot's chameleon?

ELLIOT'S CHAMELEON · LENGTH 9.18 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 9.18 cm, the recorded maximum length of the elliot's chameleon is about 5.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the elliot's chameleon live?

Not recorded

Is the elliot's 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 elliot's chameleon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyChamaeleonidae
  6. genusTrioceros
  7. SpeciesTrioceros ellioti (Günther, 1895)

Synonyms Chamaeleo bequaerti, Chamaeleo ellioti, Chamaeleon ellioti

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Elliot's groove-throated chameleonEnglish
  • Montane side-striped chameleonEnglish
  • chameleon ElliotůvCzech
  • Højlands-sidestribekamæleonDanish
  • Elliots ChamäleonGerman
  • エリオットカメレオンJapanese
  • Kameleon ElliotaPolish
  • Camaleão-de-ElliotPortuguese

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Relatives of the elliot's chameleon

Other species in the same genus Trioceros.

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Common questions

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How big is the elliot's chameleon?

An adult elliot's chameleon weighs 18.4 g and measures 7.93 cm – 9.18 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the elliot's chameleon?

The elliot's chameleon (Trioceros ellioti) 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). Elliot's chameleon (Trioceros ellioti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/elliots-chameleon

MLA

“Elliot's chameleon (Trioceros ellioti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/elliots-chameleon.

BibTeX
@misc{elliots_chameleon_2026,
  title = {Elliot's chameleon (Trioceros ellioti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/elliots-chameleon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}