KeeprHusbandry You're a Pro? Click here to meet Rex
Atlas / Library / Chamaeleonidae / Oustalet's Chameleon
CITES II
Chamaeleonidae

Oustalet's Chameleon

Furcifer oustaleti

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. snaketracks.com

Photograph: Ioannis Magouras · 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.

14:00
Day

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.

Check your setup against this sheet I keep one 123 plants usable with this species
Back to the globe My keep

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

‹ All husbandry guides
warm end34 °C
Humidity50–60 %
Enclosure120×80×150

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–28°Ambient
18°Night
34°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, 24–28°C, dropping to 18°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesambient 24-28 °C / basking 34 °C / night down to 18 °C

Humidity

50–60%Target RH

The sheet states50-60% by day / 70-80% at night

UVB

5%required

The sheet states5% UVB on a 12-hour photoperiod

Diet
Varied live insects, mainly roaches, crickets and locusts; mealworms, flies, snails and stick insects for variety. Mineral and vitamin supplementation is required. Adults eat a lot

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

120 cm150 cm
UVB tube
50100150200 cm
120 × 80 × 150 cmWidth × depth × height
96dm² 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 statesAdults 120 x 80 x 150 cm minimum, tropical and well ventilated; live foliage, many sturdy branches and vines, misting system or dripper

Temperature
warm 29–32 °C / cool 27 °C / night 18–24 °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 big does it get?

The longest chameleon in the world. Males can pass 60 cm including the tail.

Is it tougher than other chameleons?

Relatively, yes. It tolerates heat and dry air better than most, which makes it one of the more realistic chameleons for Thailand.

Two together?

No. Males fight, and even a pair should only meet for breeding, so one per cage.

What does it eat?

Insects mainly, and a big adult will also take pinky mice and small lizards.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 120 × 80 × 150 cmbecause enclosure — Adults 120 x 80 x 150 cm minimum, tropical and well ventilated; live foliage, many sturdy branches and vines, misting system or dripper
A heat sourcebecause temp — ambient 24-28 °C / basking 34 °C / night down to 18 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — ambient 24-28 °C / basking 34 °C / night down to 18 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — ambient 24-28 °C / basking 34 °C / night down to 18 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — ambient 24-28 °C / basking 34 °C / night down to 18 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-60% by day / 70-80% at night
UVB 5-5%, stated as requiredbecause uvb — 5% UVB on a 12-hour photoperiod

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

Sources

snaketracks.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 senegalensisCarpet ChameleonFurcifer lateralisPygmy ChameleonRhampholeon spectrumMeller's ChameleonTrioceros melleriO'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.