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Biology

An invisible Kecleon

Kecleon is a bipedal, reptilian Pokémon that is usually green. On either side of its head are yellow frills, which are connected by lines to its yellow lips and rings around its eyes. There are small ridges on its shoulders and a red zigzag stripe around its midsection. The hands and feet have three short digits each, and it has yellow soles. It also has a long skinny tail that is usually curled tightly in a spiral.

Kecleon is able to change the colors of its body at will and is known for frequently using this ability to camouflage itself. However, it is unable to change the color of its red stripe. Its color also changes based on its mood and health, darkening in color with better health. By using camouflage to appear almost invisible, it can sneak up on prey and ensnare it with its long pink tongue. If unnoticed for too long, though, it pouts and may never reveal itself. This Pokémon lives in tropical and temperate forests.

Although Kecleon typically appear as green with yellow stripes, it is known to possess various non-Shiny color variations. A purplish variant of Kecleon has been seen in the anime, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, and in the TCG. Blue, red, and brown variants of Kecleon have made a singular appearance in the TCG. Whether these variants are an example of it changing color or if they are different kinds of Kecleon is unknown.

Kecleon is the only known Pokémon that can have Color Change as an Ability.

Evolution

Unevolved Kecleon  Normal

Trivia

• Kecleon is the hardest Pokémon to recruit in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, with a base recruit rate of -33.9%. It can only be recruited if the player is level 90 or higher, and if they are holding a Friend Bow. Even after all this, Kecleon's recruit rate is only 0.1%. Requirements changed in Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky; the player must instead be at level 99, while holding a Golden Mask with the "Fast Friend" IQ skill; these requirements come in conjunction with its base recruit rate decreasing to -49.5%.
• The internal files for Pokémon Colosseum list Kecleon as a Shadow Pokémon multiple times.
• Kecleon is the last Generation III Pokémon to debut in Pokémon GO. It debuted on January 7, 2023, nearly four years after the last time a Generation III Pokémon debuted in GO (Speed Forme Deoxys, on June 28, 2019).
  • Due to an oversight caused by replacing Kecleon data by Meltan around September 22, 2018, Kecleon became genderless and used Meltan's cry, although the latter issue was quickly fixed.
    • In an official trailer showcasing Kecleon's debut, Kecleon uses Meltan's cry even though the trailer does not use actual game footage.
• Kecleon is the first Pokémon in the anime to demonstrate an Ability.

Origin

Kecleon appears to be based on a chameleon; in particular, the veiled chameleon.

Name origin

Kecleon and Kakureon may be a combination of 隠れる kakureru (to hide, to conceal oneself) and chameleon.