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CITES II
Chamaeleonidae

Pygmy Chameleon

Rhampholeon spectrum

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. lllreptile.com

Photograph: Bernard DUPONT · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.

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Temperature23–25 °C
Humidity70–90 %
Enclosure40×30×40

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
23–25°Cool side
20–22°Night
Warm side: not in our data

The cool side, 23–25°C, dropping to 20–22°C at night. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statescool 23-25 °C / night 20-22 °C

Humidity

70–90%Target RH

The sheet states70-90 % (reptile-care.de); LLLReptile ne dit que 'moderate to high levels of humidity'; exotic-pets et Chameleon Academy ne chiffrent pas

Diet
arthropods and larvae, woodlouses, other small invertrebrates, feed irregularly, minerals/vitamins (e. g. Herpetal Complete)

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

70–90 % RH40 cm40 cm
50100150200 cm
40 × 30 × 40 cmWidth × depth × height
12dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataWarm side: not in our dataHides: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesAt least 40x30x40 cm WDH

Temperature
cool 23–25 °C / night 20–22 °C

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

How small does it stay?

Tiny, under about 10 cm. It lives on the leaf litter and low twigs, not high in the branches.

Can I keep a few together?

A pair, or one male with two females in a well planted tank, usually works. They tolerate each other far better than big chameleons.

Can I handle it?

No, it is far too delicate. It is a display animal for a small planted terrarium.

What does it eat?

Very small insects such as fruit flies, pinhead crickets and springtails. Finding feeders small enough is the main challenge.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 40 × 30 × 40 cmbecause enclosure — At least 40x30x40 cm WDH
A thermometerbecause temp — cool 23-25 °C / night 20-22 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — cool 23-25 °C / night 20-22 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70-90 % (reptile-care.de); LLLReptile ne dit que 'moderate to high levels of humidity'; exotic-pets et Chameleon Academy ne chiffrent pas
Not stated: The heat sourcethis sheet names only the cool side: « cool 23-25 °C / night 20-22 °C »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

reptile-care.de — lu le 2026-08-04chameleonacademy.com — lu le 2026-08-04lllreptile.com — lu le 2026-08-04exotic-pets.co.uk — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

Others in this group

Veiled ChameleonChamaeleo calyptratusPanther ChameleonFurcifer pardalisJackson's chameleonTrioceros jacksoniiSenegal chameleonChamaeleo senegalensisCarpet ChameleonFurcifer lateralisMeller's ChameleonTrioceros melleriOustalet's ChameleonFurcifer oustaletiO'Shaughnessy's ChameleonCalumma oshaughnessyi

What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.