January 1988 - June 1994
The quantities listed reflect the number of animals that importers and exporters reported on their bill of lading documents. It is common practice to report only a percentage of the animals shipped. Therefore, there is a significant 'Grey Market' of unreported animals. Additionally, these numbers published do not reflect chameleons involved in black market trade; nor do they count the animals which died during capture, or while being housed by the exporters.
The numbers represented here are only a small percentage of the animals taken from the wild for the chameleon pet trade.
Notable by their absence on this list are all members of the Brookesia group, although we know animals from these groups were brought into the United Stated during this time period.
Questions or comments about this information? Contact Mike Fry.
The data was provided by E. Bright, 1994.
| GENUS | SPECIES | QTY. |
| CHAMAELEO | SENEGALENSIS | 67,457 |
| CHAMAELEO | JOHNSTONI | 10,596 |
| CHAMAELEO | GRACILIS | 10,399 |
| CHAMAELEO | DILEPSIS | 8,509 |
| CHAMAELEO | LATERALIS | 7,157 |
| CHAMAELEO | PARDALIS | 5,704 |
| CHAMAELEO | JACKSONII | 4,206 |
| CHAMAELEO | FISCHERI | 4,072 |
| CHAMAELEO | PARSONII | 4,007 |
| CHAMAELEO | CAMPANI | 3,303 |
| CHAMAELEO | CALYPTRATUS | 1,676 |
| CHAMAELEO | OUSTALETI | 1,409 |
| CHAMAELEO | CHAMAELEON | 1,333 |
| CHAMAELEO | MONTIUM | 1,269 |
| CHAMAELEO | MELLERI | 960 |
| CHAMAELEO | GLOBIFER | 635 |
| CHAMAELEO | BITAENIATUS | 551 |
| CHAMAELEO | MINOR | 391 |
| CHAMAELEO | ANTIMENA | 370 |
| CHAMAELEO | BALTEATUS | 367 |
| CHAMAELEO | NASUTUS | 324 |
| CHAMAELEO | WILLSII | 302 |
| CHAMAELEO | VERRUCOSUS | 300 |
| CHAMAELEO | QUADRICORNIS | 290 |
| CHAMAELEO | AFRICANUS | 250 |
| CHAMAELEO | HOEHNELII | 231 |
| CHAMAELEO | LABORDI | 163 |
| CHAMAELEO | LATERISPINIS | 25 |
| CHAMAELEO | FUELLEBORNI | 100 |
| CHAMAELEO | WIEDERSHEIMI | 100 |
| CHAMAELEO | OSHAUGHNESSYI | 81 |
| CHAMAELEO | BELALANDAENSIS | 80 |
| CHAMAELEO | CRISTATUS | 65 |
| CHAMAELEO | MARSHALLI | 48 |
| CHAMAELEO | GASTROTAENIA | 36 |
| CHAMAELEO | RUDIS | 35 |
| CHAMAELEO | EISENTRAUTI | 33 |
| CHAMAELEO | MALTHE | 27 |
| CHAMAELEO | BOETTGERI | 26 |
| CHAMAELEO | BIFIDUS | 25 |
| CHAMAELEO | DEREMENSIS | 22 |
| CHAMAELEO | RHINOCERATUS | 20 |
| CHAMAELEO | ZEYLANICUS | 20 |
| CHAMAELEO | OWENI | 17 |
| BRADYPODION | HAMNOBATES | 12 |
| BRADYPODION | DAMARANUM | 7 |
| CHAMAELEO | SPINOSUS | 7 |
| CHAMAELEO | PFEFFERI | 6 |
| CHAMAELEO | GALLUS | 5 |
| CHAMAELEO | WERNERI | 4 |
| CHAMAELEO | TENUIS | 2 |
| CHAMAELEO | NAMAQUENSIS | 1 |
| TOTAL | 137,035 | |