Chamaeleo africanus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Chamaeleo aegyptius Bonnaterre 1789 • Chamaeleo africanus Mertens 1966: 17 • Chamaeleo calcaratus Merrem 1820: 162 • Chamaeleo candidus Laurenti 1768 ? • Chamaeleo mexicanus LAURENTI 1768< /i> (?) • Chamaeleo< /i> (Chamaeleo) Africanus Klaver & Bhme 1986: 59 • Chamaeleo< /i> (Chamaeleo) Africanus necas 1999: 110 • Chamaeleon basiliscus Cope 1868 • Chamaeleon basiliscus Boulenger 1897: 132 • Chamaeleon basiliscus Loveridge 1936: 75 • Chamaeleon basiliscus Werner 1911: 11

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Named after its African origin .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Chamaeleo

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 45 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. affinis (Ruppell's Desert Chameleon) · C. africanus (Afrikanisches Cham) · C. anchietae (Double-Scaled Chameleon) · C. arabicus (Arabian Chameleon) · C. bitaeniatus (Two-Lined Chameleon) · C. calyptratus (Cone-Head Chameleon) · C. chamaeleo (Chameleon) · C. chamaeleon (Europ) · C. chapini (Gray Chameleon) · C. cristatus (Crested Chameleon) · C. deremensis (Wavy Chameleon) · C. dilepis (Flap-Necked Chameleon) · C. dilepis var. quilensis (Flapneck Chameleon) · C. dilepsis (Flap-Necked Chameleon) · C. eisentrauti (Eisentraut) · C. ellioti (Montane Side-Striped Chameleon) · C. fuelleborni (Ngosi Volcano Chameleon) · C. goetzei (Ilolo Chameleon) · C. gracilis (Graceful Chameleon) · C. hoehnelii (High-Casqued Chameleon) · C. hoehnelii hoehnelii (High-Casqued Chameleon) · C. incornutus (Ukinga Hornless Chameleon) · C. jacksonii (Jackson's Chameleon) · C. jacksonii jacksonii (Jackson’s Chameleon) · C. johnstoni (Johnston's Chameleon) · C. laevigatus (Smooth Chameleon) · C. laterispinis (Spiny-Flanked Chameleon) · C. marsabitensis (Tilbury's Chameleon) · C. melleri (Meller's Chameleon) · C. monachus (Socotra Chameleon) · C. montium (Cameroon Sailfin Chameleon) · C. namaquensis (Desert Chameleon) · C. narraioca (Mount Kulal Chameleon) · C. ntunte (Mt Nyiru Chameleon) · C. oweni (Owen's Chameleon) · C. pfefferi (Pfeffer's Chameleon) · C. quadricornis (Chameleon) · C. quilensis (Bocage's Chameleon) · C. rudis (Coarse Chameleon) · C. schubotzi (Mt Kenya Side-Striped Chameleon) · C. senegalensis (Senegal Chameleon) · C. tempeli (Tanzania Mountain Chameleon) · C. tremperi (Eldama Ravine Chameleon) · C. werneri (Wemer's Chameleon) · C. wiedersheimi (Mount Lefo Chameleon)

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Further Reading

• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 119, p. 120, p. 94.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 212, p. 55, p. 88, p. 95.
• Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 20.
• Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 28.
• World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 34.
• World Checklists of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Nature Conservancy Council url p. 32.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1526
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 613289

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