Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Chamaeleo
Species:
Subspecies (4): C. c. chamaeleon – C. c. musae – C. c. orientalis – C. c. recticrista

Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Syntypes: NRM 140-141 and UUZM 93.
• Type locality: “Africa, Asia”.

• Lacerta chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758: 204 [original combination]

• Chamaeleo parisiensium Laurenti, 1768
• Chamaeleon vulgaris Daudin, 1802
• Cameleo siculus Grohmann, 1832
• Chamaeleo Vulgaris — Duméril & Bibron, 1836: 204
• Chamaeleo cinereus Strauch, 1862 (Boettger, 1874 fide Schleich et al.)
• Chamaeleon auratus Gray, 1865 (syn. Ch. chamaeleon orientalis)
• Chamaeleon fasciatus Smith, 1866
• Chamaeleo saharicus Müller, 1887
• Chameleon parisientium — Bosca, 1880 (err. pro Chamaeleo parisiensium Laurenti, 1768)
• Chamaeleo carinatus Merrem, 1820 (n. subst. pro Ch. parisiensium Laurenti, 1768)
• Chamaeleon chamaeleon saharicus — Werner, 1911: 10

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

• Schleich, H.H., Kästle, W. & Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp.
• Nečas, P. 1999. Chameleons – Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp. ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe). ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada). Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Chamaeleo chamaeleon. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2022.
• Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Pérez Mellado, V., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Baha El Din, S. & Al Johany, A.M.H. 2012. IUCN: Chamaeleo chamaeleon  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T157246A743434. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T157246A743434.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.

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