Chameleons

<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Chameleons or <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">chamaeleons (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">family</a> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clade" title="Clade" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">clade</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World" title="Old World" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">Old World</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">lizards</a> with 202 species described as of June 2015.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-Glaw_2015_1-0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 1; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: super; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-Glaw_2015-1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"></a> These species come in a range of colors, and many species have the ability to change color.<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Chameleons are distinguished by their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygodactyl" title="Zygodactyl" class="mw-redirect" style="font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">zygodactylous</a> feet; their very extensive, highly modified, rapidly extrudable tongues; their swaying gait;<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 1; vertical-align: super; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"></a> and crests or horns on their brow and snout. Most species, the larger ones in particular, also have a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehensility" title="Prehensility" style="font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">prehensile</a> tail. Chameleons' eyes are independently mobile, but in aiming at a prey item, they focus forward in coordination, affording the animal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopic_vision" title="Stereoscopic vision" class="mw-redirect" style="font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">stereoscopic vision</a>.<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Chameleons are adapted for climbing and visual hunting. They live in warm habitats that range from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_forest" title="Rain forest" class="mw-redirect" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">rain forest</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert" title="Desert" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">desert</a> conditions, with various species occurring in Africa, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">Madagascar</a>, southern Europe, and across southern Asia as far as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">Sri Lanka</a>. They also have been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduced_species" title="Introduced species" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">introduced</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">Hawaii</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">California</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">Florida</a>, and often are kept as household pets.