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It occurs in the southern part of the Mediterranean sea region. It is said to be a reintroduced species on Malta. It wasn’t very common. One encounter with it was in a bird enclave on Malta (see the text about wood warbler) and it resulted in the presented pictures. It had a really good camouflage and I didn’t have problems with photographing it, as it moved slowly, but consistently increasing its distance. Due to the presence of numerous bush twigs it was impossible to use tele lenses. Luckily I had an 85mm lens with me and slowly opening the twigs I took the pictures presented here. The length of a chameleon’s body, including its tail, is 40 cm. They live alone and they tolerate other specimens of their species only during their mating season.