Chameleons Temporal range: Early Miocene – present, 26–0 mya – Holocene, but probably much older.
Indian chameleon in Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Chamaeleonidae
Genera
Brookesiinae

They can change colour

Chameleons are a family of lizards. Most can change the colour of their skins for camouflage, or to signal mood to other chameleons.

They are a clade of lizards. They have parrot-like zygodactylous feet,

Their eyes are separately mobile and stereoscopic. Their very long tongues can flick out, and their movement sways like leaves in the wind. Their prehensile (grabbing) tail can hang onto branches and many can change colour. They eat insects.

Chameleons have long sticky tongues that they can fire out in a fraction of a second. They stretch up to twice their body size. Their eyes can move independently. The largest species is about 1.5 feet when fully grown. They are mainly insectivores, but larger species may take occasional smaller lizards and young birds.