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Slender chameleon

Chamaeleo gracilis Hallowell, 1844

Status not recordedlizards

The slender chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 99 g and reach 13 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the slender chameleon

Weight
99 gsrc for Weight
Length
13 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
10 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
300 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
10 – 60src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
4 months – 5 monthssrc 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
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the slender chameleon?

SLENDER CHAMELEON · LENGTH 13 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 13 cm, the recorded maximum length of the slender chameleon is about 7.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the slender chameleon live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the slender chameleon as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the slender 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 slender chameleon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyChamaeleonidae
  6. genusChamaeleo
  7. SpeciesChamaeleo gracilis Hallowell, 1844

Synonyms Chamaeleo burchelli, Chamaeleo burchelli, Chamaeleo gracilis gracilis, Chamaeleo granulosus, Chamaeleo granulosus, Chamaeleo simoni, Chamaeleon etiennei, Chamaeleon gracilis var. leiocephalus, Chamaleo

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Graceful chameleonEnglish
  • حرباء نحيلةArabic
  • chameleon štíhlýCzech
  • SporekamæleonDanish
  • FersenspornchamäleonGerman
  • Zierliches ChamäleonGerman
  • Camaleón africano delgadoSpanish
  • Caméléon gracileFrench
  • グラキリスカメレオンJapanese
  • スレンダーカメレオンJapanese
  • Грациозный хамелеонRussian
  • 雅緻變色龍Chinese

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Relatives of the slender chameleon

Other species in the same genus Chamaeleo.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the slender chameleon?

An adult slender chameleon weighs 99 g and measures 13 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the slender chameleon an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the slender chameleon as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the slender chameleon?

The slender chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis) 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). Slender chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-chameleon

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{slender_chameleon_2026,
  title = {Slender chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-chameleon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}