Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

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

Name

Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Combinations

Lacerta chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758: 204 [original combination]

Synonyms

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

References

Primary references

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.

Additional references

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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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.

Vernacular names

العربية: حرباء شائعة
azərbaycanca: Adi buqələmun
brezhoneg: Kameleon boutin
català: Camaleó comú
čeština: Chameleon obecný
Deutsch: Gewöhnliches Chamäleon
English: Common Chameleon
español: Camaleón común
فارسی: آفتاب‌پرست معمولی
français: Caméléon commun
עברית: זיקית מובהקת
magyar: Európai kaméleon
italiano: Camaleonte mediterraneo
Nederlands: Gewone kameleon
norsk: Vanlig kameleon
polski: Kameleon pospolity
português: Camaleão-comum
svenska: Vanlig kameleont
Türkçe: Bayağı bukalemun
українська: Хамелеон звичайний
中文: 地中海變色龍

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