---
title: "Camaleão-do-deserto"
description: "Chamaeleo namaquensis — Répteis. The Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) is a ground-living lizard found in the western desert regions of Namibia, South Africa and southern Angola."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/namaqua-chameleon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Camaleão-do-deserto

> Chamaeleo namaquensis — Répteis. The Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) is a ground-living lizard found in the western desert regions of Namibia, South Africa and southern Angola.

- Scientific name: *Chamaeleo namaquensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 535
- Wikidata: [Q2703601](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2703601)
- iNaturalist taxon: [32830](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/32830)

## Names

- en: Namaqua Chameleon
- de: Wüstenchamäleon
- es: Camaleón de Namaqua
- fr: Caméléon du Namaqua
- pt: Camaleão-do-deserto

## Countries with the most observations

NA (495), ZA (27)

## Summary

The Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) is a ground-living lizard found in the western desert regions of Namibia, South Africa and southern Angola.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaqua_chameleon

## Photo

![Camaleão-do-deserto](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/namaqua-chameleon/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34277488

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/namaqua-chameleon?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).