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CITES II
Chamaeleonidae

Carpet Chameleon

Furcifer lateralis

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. dubiaroaches.com

Photograph: Margaret Stevens · 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.

CITES II is a global listing and holds in every country. National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/furcifer-lateralis

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warm end29–31 °C
Humidity50–60 %
Enclosure40×40×50

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
23–25°Ambient
20–21°Night
29–31°CBasking surfaceMeasured on the surface under the lamp, not in the air. It is not drawn on the rail above: that scale is the air the enclosure holds, and a basking surface sits far outside it.

One ambient band, 23–25°C, dropping to 20–21°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesambient 23-25 °C / basking 29-31 °C / night 20-21 °C

Humidity

50–60%Target RH

The sheet states50-60% ambient, up into the 90s after misting; keep night humidity as high as possible

UVB

T5 6%required

The sheet statesT5 HO 6% UVB + 6500K daylight lamp; shaded retreats under the gradient

Diet
Crickets, bean beetles, fruit flies, house flies; gut-loaded and calcium-dusted

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

40 cm50 cm
UVB tube
50100150200 cm
40 × 40 × 50 cmWidth × depth × height
16dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataWarm side: not in our dataHides: 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 states40 x 40 x 50 cm minimum, 40 x 40 x 70 cm preferred; screened, planted, well ventilated

Temperature
warm 32–35 °C / cool 21–24 °C / night 16–21 °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 long do they live?

Short lives, often only two to three years. They mature and breed fast.

The females look prettier, why?

Unusually for chameleons, gravid females show the strongest colours in this species. Males are plainer.

What does it eat?

Live insects only: crickets, roaches, silkworms and flies, dusted with supplement.

Is it hard?

Medium. The hard parts are constant water droplets, good ventilation and not letting the cage overheat.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 40 × 40 × 50 cmbecause enclosure — 40 x 40 x 50 cm minimum, 40 x 40 x 70 cm preferred; screened, planted, well ventilated
A heat sourcebecause temp — ambient 23-25 °C / basking 29-31 °C / night 20-21 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — ambient 23-25 °C / basking 29-31 °C / night 20-21 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — ambient 23-25 °C / basking 29-31 °C / night 20-21 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — ambient 23-25 °C / basking 29-31 °C / night 20-21 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-60% ambient, up into the 90s after misting; keep night humidity as high as possible
UVB 6-6% (T5), stated as requiredbecause uvb — T5 HO 6% UVB + 6500K daylight lamp; shaded retreats under the gradient

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

dubiaroaches.com — lu le 2026-08-04snaketracks.com — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08reptile-database.reptarium.cz — lu le 2026-08-08

Others in this group

Veiled ChameleonChamaeleo calyptratusPanther ChameleonFurcifer pardalisJackson's chameleonTrioceros jacksoniiSenegal chameleonChamaeleo senegalensisPygmy ChameleonRhampholeon spectrumMeller'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.