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[[Image:chameleon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mediterranean Chameleon (''Chamaeleo chamaeleon'') in the [[Makhtesh Ramon]], [[Israel]].]]

The main distribution of Chameleons is [[Africa]] and [[Madagascar]], and other tropical regions, although some species are also found in parts of southern [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] . There are introduced, feral populations of veiled and Jackson's chameleons in [[Hawaii]] and isolated pockets of feral Jackson's chameleons have been reported in [[California]] and [[Florida]].

Different members of this family inhabit all kinds of [[tropics|tropical]] and montane [[rain forest]]s, [[savanna]]s and sometimes semi-[[desert]]s and [[steppe]]s. Chameleons are mostly [[arboreal]] and are often found in [[tree]]s or occasionally on smaller bushes. Some smaller species, however, live on the ground under foliage.