Horns Jackson’s chameleon
breeder consensusnot inherited
Three forward-pointing horns on adult males. Females carry one small horn or none.
Why it happens
- Where it comes from
- This is not caused by a gene. It happens during the animal's own development, before it hatches.
- What that means for breeding
- It cannot be bred for, no pairing makes it more likely, and it does not pass to the offspring.
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
Horns is not inherited — it arises during development rather than from a gene, so it cannot be bred for and no pairing makes it more likely.
Worth knowing. The horns this species is known for belong to adult males; they are a sex difference rather than a variety, so an animal without them is a female rather than a different form.
What this rests on
Established by breeders through repeated crosses and recorded in community documentation, not by published genetics. That is how almost all morph inheritance is known — and it is worth saying rather than presenting it as laboratory fact.