A veiled chameleon hangs from a branch with help from its tail. Tim Platt / Getty Images. Chameleons rely on their toes and tails to help them navigate the trees and bushes where they live.

A chameleon’s feet work like salad tongs. Most lizards’ feet have four to five toes that can move independently. But evolution has taken chameleon limbs in a different direction.

Chameleon feet are like clamps: two toes on each side that clamp on to the branch, and a prehensile tail. Oh, yeah, this tail can grab. Target'’’s a really careful climber, always making sure ...

The largest chameleon is the Parson’s chameleon, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. ... Their hands and feet have large toes that help them cling to branches.

Their feet have five toes, two pointed inward and three pointed outward, to help them better grip the trees in which they hide. Their tails can also be used for gripping.

This species’s prehensile tail, zygodactylous feet, and ballistic tongue are all adaptations for a life spent in the trees, eating insects. An adult veiled chameleon can grow up to 61 centimeters long ...

Their feet have opposable toes, giving them a tongs-like appearance, to firmly grip branches. Their eyes move independently of each other to provide 360 degree vision.

The Meller's chameleon is the largest of the chameleons not native to Madagascar. Their stout bodies can grow to be up to two feet long and weigh more than a pound. Meller's distinguish themselves ...

How Chameleons Change Color. About 40 percent of the 200-plus known chameleon species are found on the island of Madagascar. Most of the rest live on the African continent.