Chamaeleo chamaeleon

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• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cameleo siculus Grohmann 1832 • Chamaeleo carinatus MERREM 1820< /i> (N. Subst. Pro Ch. Parisiensium Laurenti 1768) • Chamaeleo chamaeleon — Engelmann Et Al 1993 • Chamaeleo chamaeleon — Schleich • Chamaeleo cinereus STRAUCH 1862< /i> (Boettger 1874 Fide Schleich Et Al.) • Chamaeleo parisiensium Laurenti 1768 • Chamaeleo saharicus MÜller 1887 • Chamaeleo Vulgaris — DumÉril & Bibron 1836: 204 • Chamaeleo vulgaris — Turner 1853: 292 • Chamaeleo< /i> (Chamaeleo) Chamaeleon — necas 1999: 120 • Chamaeleon auratus GRAY 1865< /i> (Syn. Ch. Chamaeleon Orientalis) • Chamaeleon chamaeleon saharicus Werner 1911: 10 • Chamaeleon fasciatus Smith 1866 • Chamaeleon vulgaris Daudin 1802 • Chamaeleon vulgaris — Gray 1865: 344 • Chameleo vulgaris DumÉril Bibron & DumÉril 1854: 245 • Chameleon parisiensis GRAY 1845< /i> (N. Subst. Pro Ch. Parisiensium Laurenti 1768) • Chameleon parisientium BOSCA 1880< /i> (Err. Pro Chamaeleo Parisiensium Laurenti 1768) • KÄstle & Kabisch 1996: 312 • Lacerta chamaeleon Linnaeus 1758: 204

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Chamaeleo chamaeleon arabicus and C. c. zeylanicus have been elevated to species status. Chamaeleo chamaeleon calcarifer is now C. calyptratus calcarifer. Chamaeleo chamaeleon has been reported from the Canary Islands but these are most likely escaped pets that do not form viable populations (A. Vilado, pers. comm. ). Not present on Sicily as sometimes reported.

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

• An environmental profile of the Black Sea Coast WCMC url p. 104.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 378.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 364, p. 372.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 120, p. 125, p. 132, p. 148, p. 181.
• 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. 105, p. 125, p. 167, p. 88, p. 89, p. 95, p. 129, p. 191.
• Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 21, p. 26.
• Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 29, p. 79, p. 91.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 102, p. 11.
• Effects of highways on wildlife and fish with special reference to Montana a ProCite literature collection / Bozeman, Mont.: Fish and Wildlife Management Program, Montana State University, 2001 url .
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1970 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 223.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url .
• Spixiana. 10 1987 München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url p. 63.
• The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 690.
• World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 35, p. 66, p. 75, p. 99, p. 38, p. 73, p. 87.
• World Checklists of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Nature Conservancy Council url p. 33, p. 57.

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 & 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 7 providers.
• 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:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain: Museu de Ciències Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology: Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537551
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1534
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816176
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 613297

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