Chamaeleo africanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Iguania
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Sauria Infraordo: Iguania

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Chamaeleo
Species: Chamaeleo africanus

Name

Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768

Type locality: Africa (fide Mertens 1966: 6).

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo candidus Laurenti 1768 (?)
• Chamaeleo mexicanus Laurenti 1768 (?)
• Chamaeleo aegyptius Bonnaterre 1789
• Chamaeleo calcaratus Merrem 1820: 162
• Chamaeleon basiliscus Cope 1868

References

• Laurenti, J. N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp.
• Klaver,C. & BÖHME,W. 1986. Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria), with special reference to hemipenis morphology. Bonn. zool. Monogr., 22: 1-64.
• Necas, Petr 1999. Chameleons - Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp.; ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe) ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada).
• Chamaeleo africanus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: African Chameleon