Photo taken in July 2015. Photo of a Panther Chameleon walking down a tree branch. The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar in a tropical forest biome. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Chamaeleonidae Genus: Furcifer Species: F. pardalis