Chamaeleo senegalensis

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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 senegalensis

[edit] Name

Chamaeleo senegalensis Daudin, 1802

Type locality: Sénégal.

[edit] Synonyms

• Chamaeleon subcroseus Merrem 1820
• Chamaeleo gymnocephalus Kaup 1825: 592
• Chamaeleon leptopus Fitzinger 1826
• Chameleon galeoratus - Gray 1831
• Chamaeleon liocephalus - Boettger 1887 (n. substit. pro Chamaeleon senegalensis var. ? leiocephalus Gray 1865)
• Chamaeleo senegalensis var. tibatiensis Monard 1951

[edit] References

• Daudin, F. M. 1802. Histoire des Caméléons. Histoire naturelle générale et particuliére des Reptiles. An. X, 4: 179-220.
• Bonetti, Mathilde 2002. 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp.
• 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 senegalensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 Mar 2008.

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