The full color spectrum of their chromatophores includes green, brown, white, black, yellow, and orange, as well as many other shades. The male is mainly green in colour, with yellow, brown and blue stripes and spots. Depending on the emotional state of the animal, the color can vary from bright green to grayish red. When stressed, they often display strong coloration, including bright yellow and sometimes they can even turn completely black. Non-receptive females and juvenile chameleons are generally a uniform green color, with some white spots. In captivity pregnant females tend to be very dark green with blue and yellow markings.

Males have small dewclaws behind their hind legs, while females do not. Males and females both have a decorative outgrowth called a "helmet" on their heads. However, the helmet of the male is much more developed than that of the female.

They have a flattened body and the feet have pincer-like fused toes with three outer toes and two inner toes in the front feet, the opposite on the hind feet. The fingers are equipped with strong claws. The prehensile tail acts as a fifth appendage and is capable of supporting the entire weight of the animal.

Its eyes work independently of each other, allowing the chameleon to look forward and back at the same time, having a nearly 360° field of view. The gular crest is well developed in both sexes, consisting of prickly, tall, comb-like scales arranged in a single row.

It is an ambush predator, and is capable of remaining motionless and camouflaged, for very long times. These chameleons are omnivorous animals. Although their main diet consists of insects, they sometimes consume the leaves, flowers and fruits of various plants. This can frequently be observed in dry periods. Like all chameleons, they prefer to drink water droplets on their leaves. They don't always recognize standing water, and can become dehydrated if that is their only source. The veiled chameleon eats mostly insects and their larvae, arthropods and small animals present in their environment, although its favorite preys are grasshoppers and crickets. It is very voracious and its long tongue can also trap large spiders and scorpions and small vertebrates such as lizards, geckos, or young birds. Only Yemen chameleon adults supplement their diet with plant foods, they eat green leaves, flowers and fruits. In any case they remain almost completely insectivorous. They are capable of capturing prey by "shooting" their slimy tongue out of their mouths at high speed. The tongue is also used as an organ of smell and taste. They often hunt for specific groups of prey. Green insects are particularly sought after, and the fact of supplementing the diet with plant material is a rare case among chameleons, a habit probably due to the main purpose of having a source of water for the dry season. Among the vegetable food, the animal particularly prefers the succulent leaves of the various Kalanchoe species. This food is ideal to balance the water shortage of the terrible months of drought that animals living in the steppes have to face. It usually licks the dew off the leaves.

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