Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus): habitat and range

Fun facts

Its striking casque grows with age and helps channel rainwater to its mouth.
Unlike most chameleons it also eats plant matter, which is unusual.
It reaches sexual maturity very young, at 4 to 5 months.
fisiologíaIt can get by on relatively little water drunk directly, taking much of the moisture it needs from dew condensed on leaves at dawn.

Skeleton type: Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)
Habitat and environment: Highlands and humid valleys of Yemen and south-western Saudi Arabia
Birth weight: Hatches from an egg; no reference weight for the newly hatched young in the sources consulted
Size at birth: Pastel green on hatching, developing colour bands with age
Sexual maturity: 4-5 months, very early compared with other reptiles
Gestation / incubation: 20-30 days from mating to laying; then 6-8 months of egg incubation
Litter / clutch size: 35 to 85 eggs per clutch

Sources consulted: Creatures of the World Wiki; Animal Diversity Web; AnimalSpot; EDDMapS; ReptileDirect; PMC (GnRH reproductive study)

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