There are three pale brown, lateral stripes running along each side of the body and numerous small bright-coloured spots between them.

Its range extends from Ankaratra, an extinct volcano, to the Andringitra National Park, an area of 14,500 square kilometres (5,600 sq mi).

The diet of a chameleon consists largely of insects which it catches by shooting out its long tongue which has a sticky tip.

[6] In some areas of shrubby savannah grassland F. campani is reported to be common, but no real assessment of its abundance has been made.

[1] It shares its range with the white-lined chameleon (F. lateralis), and that species seems better able to cope with the disturbance and degradation to the habitat caused by humans.