What to call a group of chameleons?

[absolutbill]

So I was listening to a podcast (We Got This) the other day and they were talking about animal group names, like a school of fish, etc. I realized I had no idea what a group of chameleons was called. Now yes, I realize that they are a clutch when hatched and are pretty solitary after that, but wouldn't it be cool to come up with a name so that if you had a bunch of Melleri hanging out you knew how to refer to them? I Googled it and could only find a Reddit thread about someone years ago trying to call them a Starship of Chameleons which just seems dumb to me. If any of you know an actually name for a group I'd be interested, otherwise throw out your best suggestions for what we should call them!

 

[kinyonga]

Here's a list...but no,chameleons included. I thought people might like to read the strange names for some of them...
https://sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/what-do-you-call-a-group-of/

Maybe because they like to be alone there is never a group so there's no need for a group name? . . (sorry, couldn't resist!)

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

I like the idea - they are solitary as adults, but you do see them grouped together in certain places (pet stores, expo's, breeders). I wish I was clever, but I'm really not. If I was, I would probably try to morph a word we use to lovingly poke fun at them like:
Googly Eyes
Tree Cow
Karate Chop Hands
??

 

[CamoChameleonsHuman]

I would say a flock or herd. Like birds, most chameleons hatch from eggs. Birds and reptiles are the closest ancestors we know of to dinosaurs.

 

[Kaizen]

Gaggle forsure!

 

[kinyonga]

How about murder...like a group of crows...
Really not serious about that at all...just kidding!

 

[Kaizen]

I think @kinyonga is right here: Guaranteed that roaches and crickets call a group of chameleons a murder.

 

[Decadancin]

A. “Free Range” of chameleons...

 

[Kaizen]

Oh snap! Just thought of the perfect one: a group of chameleons should be called a ’stress’ of chameleons—serving the dual purpose of introducing a novel use of a common word as in a ‘murder’ of crows, and possibly prompting the uninitiated to consider why such a monicker. Yes, I will hereafter begin calling a group of chams a stress of chams.

 

[absolutbill]

So far I think a Stress of Chameleons is my favorite, though a Murder of Chameleons is awfully accurate! Keep 'em coming!

 

[kinyonga]

If we pick one and keep repeating it all over the net maybe it will stick?!

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

I loved Murder ... but a Stress of Chameleons is soooo perfect!

 

[MissSkittles]

Oh snap! Just thought of the perfect one: a group of chameleons should be called a ’stress’ of chameleons—serving the dual purpose of introducing a novel use of a common word as in a ‘murder’ of crows, and possibly prompting the uninitiated to consider why such a monicker. Yes, I will hereafter begin calling a group of chams a stress of chams.

Brilliant!

 

[Decadancin]

A conceal. A screen. A cover. How many times have we looked into an enclosure and can’t find its resident?

 

[MissSkittles]

A conceal. A screen. A cover. How many times have we looked into an enclosure and can’t find its resident?

Another brilliant idea!

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

A conceal. A screen. A cover. How many times have we looked into an enclosure and can’t find its resident?

See?! Some people are clever! (sadly, not me). Love "conceal"!

 

[kinyonga]

Conceal and stress are both good IMHO!

 

[Graves923]

How about a chamillion chameleons?

 

[jamest0o0]

Literally everytime I see the topic of this thread I think... uhhh it's a gaggle of chameleons... then I finally open the thread, and here you are

Gaggle forsure!

 

[AnamCara]

I vote a "murder" like crows.