Body Characteristics
- Like most chameleons, veiled chameleons are specialized tree dwellers.
- They have a flattened body meant to mimic a leaf and feet specially designed for grasping limbs and branches.
- They have a prehensile tail that acts as a fifth appendage and aids in climbing.
- Their eyes work independently of one another allowing the chameleon to look in front of and behind itself at the same time.
- They have a long sticky tongue that they use to capture their insect prey.
- Veiled chameleons are ambush predators and are capable of lying still for very long periods of time waiting for an unsuspecting locust to wander by.
