Chamaeleo is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of
lizardLizards are a very large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
found primarily in
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
, but also in southern
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
and southern
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
east to
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
and
Sri LankaSri Lanka , officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka , is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India...
. They are slow moving, arboreal, with independently movable eyes, the ability to change skin colouration, long tongue, prehensile tail and special leg adaptations for grasping vegetation.
- Ethiopian Highland Chameleon, Chamaeleo affinis
- African Chameleon, Chamaeleo africanus
- Angola Chameleon, Chamaeleo anchietae
- Arabian Chameleon, Chamaeleo arabicus
- Bale Mountains Two-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo balebicornatus
- Side-striped Chameleon, Chamaeleo bitaeniatus
The Side-striped chamaeleon , also known as the Two-lined chamaeleon is a chameleon native to Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and adjacent parts of DR Congo....
- Awash Chameleon, Chamaeleo calcaricarens
- Veiled Chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus
- Cameroon Chameleon, Chamaeleo camerunensis
- Common Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon
The Common Chameleon is the only species of Chamaleonidae of Europe.-Subspecies:Four sub-species are identified:*Chamaeleo chamaeleon chamaeleon*Chamaeleo chamaeleon musae*Chamaeleo chamaeleon orientalis*Chamaeleo chamaeleon rectricrista...
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon chamaeleon
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon musae
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon orientalis
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon rectricrista
- Grey Chameleon, Chamaeleo chapini
- Chamaeleo conirostratus
- Crested Chameleon, Chamaeleo cristatus
- Usambara Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo deremensis
- Flap-necked Chameleon, Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis
- Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis
- Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus
- Chamaeleo dilepis martensi
- Chamaeleo dilepis petersii
- Eisentraut's Chameleon, Chamaeleo eisentrauti
- Montane Side-striped Chameleon, Chamaeleo ellioti
- Chamaeleo etiennei
- Fe's Chameleon, Chamaeleo feae
- Ngosi Volcano Chameleon, Chamaeleo fuelleborni
- Tanganyika Chameleon, Chamaeleo goetzei goetzei
- Giant Spiny Chameleon, Chamaeleo verrucosus
- Graceful Chameleon, Chamaeleo gracilis
- Bale Mountains Heather Chameleon, Chamaeleo harennae harennae
- Chamaeleo harennae fitchi
- Helmeted Chameleon, Chamaeleo hoehnelii
Chamaeleo hoehnelli, commonly known as Von Hohnel's, Helmeted or High-casqued Chameleon, is a species of chameleon found in eastern Africa, primarily Uganda and Kenya.-Identification:...
hoehnelii
- Chamaeleo hoehnelii altaeelgonis
- Poroto Mountain Chameleon, Chamaeleo incornutus
- Ituri Forest Chameleon, Chamaeleo ituriensis
- Jackson's Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii
Chamaeleo jacksonii is an African chameleon belonging to the chameleon family .There are three subspecies:...
jacksonii
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Chamaeleo is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of
lizardLizards are a very large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
found primarily in
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
, but also in southern
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
and southern
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
east to
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
and
Sri LankaSri Lanka , officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka , is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India...
. They are slow moving, arboreal, with independently movable eyes, the ability to change skin colouration, long tongue, prehensile tail and special leg adaptations for grasping vegetation.
Classification of genus Chamaeleo
- Ethiopian Highland Chameleon, Chamaeleo affinis
- African Chameleon, Chamaeleo africanus
- Angola Chameleon, Chamaeleo anchietae
- Arabian Chameleon, Chamaeleo arabicus
- Bale Mountains Two-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo balebicornatus
- Side-striped Chameleon, Chamaeleo bitaeniatus
The Side-striped chamaeleon , also known as the Two-lined chamaeleon is a chameleon native to Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and adjacent parts of DR Congo....
- Awash Chameleon, Chamaeleo calcaricarens
- Veiled Chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus
- Cameroon Chameleon, Chamaeleo camerunensis
- Common Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon
The Common Chameleon is the only species of Chamaleonidae of Europe.-Subspecies:Four sub-species are identified:*Chamaeleo chamaeleon chamaeleon*Chamaeleo chamaeleon musae*Chamaeleo chamaeleon orientalis*Chamaeleo chamaeleon rectricrista...
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon chamaeleon
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon musae
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon orientalis
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon rectricrista
- Grey Chameleon, Chamaeleo chapini
- Chamaeleo conirostratus
- Crested Chameleon, Chamaeleo cristatus
- Usambara Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo deremensis
- Flap-necked Chameleon, Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis
- Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis
- Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus
- Chamaeleo dilepis martensi
- Chamaeleo dilepis petersii
- Eisentraut's Chameleon, Chamaeleo eisentrauti
- Montane Side-striped Chameleon, Chamaeleo ellioti
- Chamaeleo etiennei
- Fe's Chameleon, Chamaeleo feae
- Ngosi Volcano Chameleon, Chamaeleo fuelleborni
- Tanganyika Chameleon, Chamaeleo goetzei goetzei
- Giant Spiny Chameleon, Chamaeleo verrucosus
- Graceful Chameleon, Chamaeleo gracilis
- Bale Mountains Heather Chameleon, Chamaeleo harennae harennae
- Chamaeleo harennae fitchi
- Helmeted Chameleon, Chamaeleo hoehnelii
Chamaeleo hoehnelli, commonly known as Von Hohnel's, Helmeted or High-casqued Chameleon, is a species of chameleon found in eastern Africa, primarily Uganda and Kenya.-Identification:...
hoehnelii
- Chamaeleo hoehnelii altaeelgonis
- Poroto Mountain Chameleon, Chamaeleo incornutus
- Ituri Forest Chameleon, Chamaeleo ituriensis
- Jackson's Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii
Chamaeleo jacksonii is an African chameleon belonging to the chameleon family .There are three subspecies:...
jacksonii
- Mt. Meru Jackson's Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii
Chamaeleo jacksonii is an African chameleon belonging to the chameleon family .There are three subspecies:...
merumontanus
- Mt. Kenya Yellow Crested Jackson's Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii
Chamaeleo jacksonii is an African chameleon belonging to the chameleon family .There are three subspecies:...
xantholophus
- Johnston's Chameleon, Chamaeleo johnstoni
Chamaeleo johnstoni is an African chameleon belonging to the chameleon family ....
- Chamaeleo kinetensis
- Smooth Chameleon , Chamaeleo laevigatus
- Spine-sided Chameleon, Chamaeleo laterispinis
- Mount Marsabit Chameleon, Chamaeleo marsabitensis
- Meller's Chameleon, Chamaeleo melleri
Chamaeleo melleri, common names Meller's Chameleon , Giant One-horned Chameleon, and Elefantenohrchamäleon is the largest species of chameleon from the African continent . Meller's Chameleon gets its common name from a "Dr...
- Monarch Chameleon, Chamaeleo monachus
- Cameroon Sailfin Chameleon, Chamaeleo montium
- Namaqua Chameleon Chamaeleo namaquensis
- Chamaeleo necasi
- Owen's Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo oweni
- Pfeffer's Chameleo, Chamaeleo pfefferi
- Four-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo quadricornis quadricornis
- Chamaeleo quadricornis gracilior
- Bocage's Chameleon, Chamaeleo quilensis
- Chamaeleo roperi
- Coarse Chameleon, Chamaeleo rudis
Chamaeleo rudis is the taxonomic name of Rudis chameleon.Contrary to popular belief, this species does not inhabit Mount Meru, Tanzania but rather lives in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC. Specimens from Tanzania that are often called "Ch. rudis" are in fact Ch. sternfeldi.It is small and lacks...
- Chamaeleo ruspolii
- Schouteden's Chameleon, Chamaeleo schoutedeni
- Mount Kenya Side-striped Chameleon, Chamaeleo schubotzi
- Senegal Chameleon, Chamaeleo senegalensis
- Chamaeleo sternfeldi
- Tanzania Mountain Chameleon, Chamaeleo tempeli
- Eldama Ravine Chameleon, Chamaeleo tremperi
- Uzungwe Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo werneri
- Mount Lefo Chameleon, Chamaeleo wiedersheimi wiedersheimi
- Chamaeleo wiedersheimi perreti
- Indian Chameleon, Chamaeleo zeylanicus
The Indian Chameleon, Chamaeleo zeylanicus is a species of chameleon found in Sri Lanka, India and other parts of South Asia. Like other chameleons, this species has a long tongue, feet that are shaped into bifid claspers, a prehensile tail, independent eye movement and the ability to change skin...