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title: "Camaleão malgaxe gigante"
description: "Furcifer oustaleti — Répteis. The Malagasy giant chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), also known commonly as Oustalet's chameleon, is a large species of chameleon which is native throughout Madagascar, but has also been introduced near Nairobi in Kenya (though its current status there is unclear) and in Miami-Dade County in the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/oustalet-s-giant-chameleon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Camaleão malgaxe gigante

> Furcifer oustaleti — Répteis. The Malagasy giant chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), also known commonly as Oustalet's chameleon, is a large species of chameleon which is native throughout Madagascar, but has also been introduced near Nairobi in Kenya (though its current status there is unclear) and in Miami-Dade County in the United States.

- Scientific name: *Furcifer oustaleti*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2454
- Wikidata: [Q135629](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135629)
- iNaturalist taxon: [33010](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/33010)

## Names

- en: Oustalet's Giant Chameleon
- de: Riesenchamäleon
- es: Camaleón gigante de Oustalet
- fr: Caméléon géant de Madagascar
- nl: Oustalets kameleon
- pt: Camaleão malgaxe gigante
- pl: Kameleon olbrzymi

## Countries with the most observations

MG (2205)

## Summary

The Malagasy giant chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), also known commonly as Oustalet's chameleon, is a large species of chameleon which is native throughout Madagascar, but has also been introduced near Nairobi in Kenya (though its current status there is unclear) and in Miami-Dade County in the United States. It occurs in a wide range of habitats, even among degraded vegetation within villages, but is relatively rare in the interior of primary forest.

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

## Photo

![Camaleão malgaxe gigante](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oustalet-s-giant-chameleon/medium.jpg)

Photo: n_armstrong · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137598527

## Machine access

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