Chamaeleo namaquensis

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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 namaquensis

[edit] Name

Chamaeleo namaquensis Smith, 1831

Type locality: Little Namaqualand, near the mouth of the Orange River, South Africa (Smith 1831).

Holotype: MHNP 8017.

[edit] Synonyms

• Chamaeleo capensis Bonnaterre 1789: 32 (?)
• Chamaeleo tuberculiferus Gray 1845: 267 (fide Duméril & Duméril 1851: 32)
• Chamaeleon namaquensis — Werner 1911: 40

[edit] References

• Smith, A. 1831. Contributions to the natural history of South Africa, No. 1. South African Quart. J. (1) 2 (5) 5: 9-24.
• Arndt, I. 2002. Portfolio: Chamäleons. Naturfoto 33 (10): 36-45.
• 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 namaquensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 Mar 2008.

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