15 Amazing Color-Changing Animals That Aren’t Chameleons
While many chameleon species are spectacular mimics, able to change their coloration quickly to suit their needs, they aren’t nearly the only animals capable of doing this—and, arguably, aren’t even the most impressive.

The golden tortoise beetle, which lives in Central America, is much prettier than you would expect a beetle to be: sort of like a perfect golden-to-transparent ladybug. But it’s also capable of swapping out its beautiful jeweled appearance for a spotted dark reddish-brownish color, and it seems to do this when it’s upset—like, when a scientist touches it. Researchers aren’t quite sure how it does this, or what it means. CC BY 2.0. Andrew C/Wikimedia

Peacock Flounder

Mimic Octopus

Green Anole

Golden Tortoise Beetle

Grey Tree Frog

Rock Ptarmigan

Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Peron’s Tree Frog

Pygmy Seahorse

Hogfish

Scrawled Filefish

Caribbean Reef Squid

Peacock Cichlid

Australian Giant Cuttlefish

Stoat

Crab Spider