>>38008508Why is this a problem?
If you're suggesting that every Water starter should be an aquatic creature and that a chameleon can't be a water type, then I guess Chimchar, a monkey, has no right being a Fire type starter or a mouse being an Electric type.
They align Pokemon types based on what seems fun/interesting for its theme and design. Sometimes it's practical, like mole Pokemon being Ground type, but sometime it isn't, like Inkay being Dark/Psychic.
Why is this a surprise? Who says in the Pokemon world a chameleon can't be aligned to Water?