Chameleon Species
As of 5/4/2024 there are currently 228 species of chameleon recognized by the Chameleon Specialist Group (CSG). These species, which are listed below, are those that will be put forward by the CSG for inclusion on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and for recognition by CITES. While other sources may recognize the specific status of additional taxa, the Taxonomic Committee of the CSG has adopted the following list of species by consensus as to the scientific merit of taxonomic hypotheses and the weight of evidence provided therein.
The following list of species, presented in alphabetical order with subgenera parenthetically abbreviated (where appropriate), include hyperlinks to The Reptile Database profile for each species (embedded within the scientific name), the current IUCN Red List assessment for each species (embedded within the current assessment level: LC, Least Concern; NT, Near Threatened; VU, Vulnerable; EN, Endangered; CR, Critically Endangered), and the Species+ profile for each species (embedded within the CITES Appendix and EU Annex level). Information on subspecies classified within any given species are not outlined here but are generally discussed in The Reptile Database profile and the current IUCN Red List assessment for each species.
Note that all chameleons are included on CITES Appendix II, except Brookesia perarmata, which is include on CITES Appendix I. Further, all chameleons are included on Annex B of EU Wildlife Trade Regulations, except Brookesia perarmata and Chamaeleo chamaeleon, which are include on Annex A.
Species IUCN Red List CITES (EU Annexes)
Archaius tigris EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion atromontanum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion barbatulum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion baviaanense LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion caeruleogula EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion caffrum EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion damaranum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion dracomontanum NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion gutturale LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion kentanicum EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion melanocephalum NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion nemorale VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion ngomeense VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion occidentale LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion pumilum NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion setaroi NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion taeniabronchum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion thamnobates EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion transvaalense LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion ventrale LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Bradypodion venustum VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) antakarana NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) bekolosy EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) betschi NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) bonsi CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) brunoi NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) brygooi LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) decaryi EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) ebenaui VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) griveaudi NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) lambertoni DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) lineata EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) perarmata EN Appendix I (Annex A)
Brookesia (Brookesia) stumpffi LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) superciliaris LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) therezieni LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) thieli LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) vadoni VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Brookesia) valerieae EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) confidens NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) dentata EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) desperata CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) exarmata EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) karchei EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) micra NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) minima EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) nana NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) peyrierasi EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) ramanantsoai EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) tedi NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) tristis EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) tuberculata VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma amber NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma ambreense NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma andringitraense EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma boettgeri LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma brevicorne LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma capuroni VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma crypticum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma cucullatum VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma emelinae NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma fallax DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma furcifer EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma gallus EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma gastrotaenia LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma gehringi NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma glawi EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma globifer EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma guibei NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma guillaumeti LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma hafahafa CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma hilleniusi EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma jejy VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma juliae NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma lefona NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma linotum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma malthe LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma marojezense NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma nasutum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma oshaughnessyi VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma parsonii NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma peltierorum NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma peyrierasi VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma radamanus NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma ratnasariae NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma roaloko NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma tarzan CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma tjiasmantoi NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma tsaratananense VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma tsycorne VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma uetzi NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma vatosoa DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma vencesi EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Calumma vohibola EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo africanus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo anchietae LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo arabicus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo calcaricarens LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo calyptratus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo chamaeleon LC Appendix II (Annex A)
Chamaeleo dilepis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo gracilis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo laevigatus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo monachus NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo namaquensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo necasi DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo senegalensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Chamaeleo zeylanicus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer angeli LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer antimena VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer balteatus EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer belalandaensis CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer bifidus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer campani VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer cephalolepis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer labordi VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer lateralis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer major LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer minor EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer monoceras NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer nicosiai EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer oustaleti LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer pardalis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer petteri VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer polleni LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer rhinoceratus VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer timoni NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer tuzetae DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer verrucosus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer viridis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer voeltzkowi NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Furcifer willsii LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia adolfifriderici LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia asheorum NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia boehmei NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia carpenteri NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia excubitor VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia fisheri NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia gyrolepis DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia itombwensis NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia magomberae EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia matschiei EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia msuyae NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia multituberculata EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia mulyai CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia oxyrhina NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia rugegensis NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia tavetana NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia tenuis EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia tolleyae NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia uluguruensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia uthmoelleri LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia vanheygeni LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia vosseleri EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Kinyongia xenorhina NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Nadzikambia baylissi NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Nadzikambia mlanjensis EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Palleon lolontany NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Palleon nasus VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Bicuspis) gorongosae EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Bicuspis) marshalli VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) spectrum LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) spinosus EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) temporalis EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) viridis EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) acuminatus CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) beraduccii VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) boulengeri LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) bruessoworum CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) chapmanorum CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) colemani NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) hattinghi CR Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) maspictus NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) moyeri LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) nchisiensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) nebulauctor VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) nicolai NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) platyceps EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) princeeai NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) rubeho NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) sabini NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) tilburyi EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) uluguruensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) waynelotteri NE Appendix II (Annex B)
Rieppeleon brachyurus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Rieppeleon brevicaudatus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Rieppeleon kerstenii LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros affinis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros balebicornutus NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros bitaeniatus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros camerunensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros chapini LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros conirostratus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros cristatus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros deremensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros ellioti LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros feae NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros fuelleborni LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros goetzei LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros hanangensis NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros harennae LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros hoehnelii LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros incornutus LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros ituriensis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros jacksonii LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros johnstoni LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros kinangopensis NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros kinetensis DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros laterispinis EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros marsabitensis NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros melleri LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros montium NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros narraioca NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros ntunte DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros nyirit LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros oweni LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros perreti EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros pfefferi EN Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros quadricornis VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros rudis LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros schoutedeni DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros schubotzi NT Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros serratus VU Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros sternfeldi LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros tempeli LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros werneri LC Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros wiedersheimi DD Appendix II (Annex B)
Trioceros wolfgangboehmei NE Appendix II (Annex B)