what colours can they change to and when people always say oh they change when mad or scared but nobody has said what colours they change to and the reasons behind it
Each species of chameleon has a different range of colors they can change to and a different range of patterns. Using the veiled as an example...the adult male can be yellow/torquoise/white or green/brown/white or other combinations when just hanging around in its cage. http://exoticpets.about.com/od/reptilesand...l/aa072403m.htm http://www.scserp.com/images/VeiledChameleonMale002.JPG When a male sees another male it will brighten its colors, flatten its body vertically, hold one hand up near its neck, coil and uncoil its tail, gape, hiss, inflate its gular pouch (chin) and get ready to fight off the other male. http://www.adcham.com/images/images-specie...lyptratusM1.jpg When a male sees a female he will also brighten his colors...but he will not his or gape, etc. and he will likely move his head in a jerky motion and pursue the female. When the female sees a male and she is gravid (pregnant)/non-receptive she will darken the background color to almost black and have bright torquoise spots and mustard splotches on her body. She will hiss, gape, rock back and forth and lunge at the male if he is close enough. http://www.adcham.com/images/images-specie...tusGravidF1.jpg If she can see the male and she is receptive/looking to mate she will not turn dark in the background and hold her body close to the branch and not inflate her body and likely move slowly away from the male. They can also adopt other patterns sometimes when they are apprehensive or keeping an eye out for predators or enemies. Angry/agressive... http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1061862356029838229vqpECc This chameleon is showing you that he is a bit apprehensive... http://www.flchams.com/largeView.asp?id=Veiledsub122907a.jpg Chameleons will also lighten their colors when they are sleeping and when they are hot...and darken their colors when they are cold. Sorry but I don't have time to look for more pictures right now.
