Chamaeleo dilepis

Chamaeleo dilepis

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 dilepis
Subspecies: C. d. dilepis – C. d. idjwiensis – C. d. isabellinus – C. d. martensi – C. d. petersii

Name

Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

Type locality: Congo.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo petersii var. kirkii Gray 1865
• Chamaeleo angusticoronatus Barbour 1903
• Chamaeleo bilobus Kuhl1820
• Chamaeleo planiceps Merrem 1820
• Chamaeleon dilepis — Gray 1865: 348

References

• Leach 1819. in: Bowdich. Miss. Cape Coast Cast. Ashantee, App. : 493, 494.
• Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
• Pauwels, O.S.G.; William R. Branch and Marius Burger 2004. REPTILES OF LOANGO NATIONAL PARK, OGOOUÉ-MARITIME PROVINCE, SOUTH-WESTERN GABON. Hamadryad 29(1): 115 – 127.
• Chamaeleo dilepis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Flapneck Chameleon