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Chamaeleonidae (chameleon)
Taxonomy
Chamaeleonidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was corrected as Chamaeleontidae by Cope (1875), Zittel (1890), Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928).
It was assigned to Rhiptoglossa by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Chamaeleontes by Gadow (1898); to Rhiptoglossi by Hay (1902); to Vermilinguii by Perrier (1928); to Chamaeleonoidae by Hay (1930); to Rhiptoglossa by Kuhn (1946); to Iguania by Kuhn (1966), Estes (1983) and Carroll (1988); to Lacertilia by Zittel (1890) and Frank and Ramus (1996); to Chamaeleonoidea by Alifanov (1996); to Acrodonta by Lee and Caldwell (2000); and to Iguania by Böhme (2010).
It was corrected as Chamaeleontidae by Cope (1875), Zittel (1890), Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928).
It was assigned to Rhiptoglossa by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Chamaeleontes by Gadow (1898); to Rhiptoglossi by Hay (1902); to Vermilinguii by Perrier (1928); to Chamaeleonoidae by Hay (1930); to Rhiptoglossa by Kuhn (1946); to Iguania by Kuhn (1966), Estes (1983) and Carroll (1988); to Lacertilia by Zittel (1890) and Frank and Ramus (1996); to Chamaeleonoidea by Alifanov (1996); to Acrodonta by Lee and Caldwell (2000); and to Iguania by Böhme (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Chamaeleonidae Gray |
| 1871 | Chamaeleonidae Cope p. 236 |
| 1875 | Chamaeleontidae Cope p. 17 |
| 1890 | Chamaeleontidae Zittel p. 607 |
| 1898 | Chamaeleontidae Gadow p. 28 |
| 1902 | Chamaeleonidae Hay p. 478 |
| 1928 | Chamaeleontidae Perrier p. 3101 |
| 1930 | Chamaelonidae Hay p. 247 |
| 1946 | Chamaeleonidae Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1966 | Chamaeleonidae Kuhn p. 50 |
| 1983 | Chamaeleonidae Estes |
| 1988 | Chamaeleonidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Chamaeleonidae Alifanov p. 467 |
| 1996 | Chamaeleonidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2000 | Chamaeleonidae Lee and Caldwell |
| 2010 | Chamaeleonidae Böhme p. 18 |
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Fm. Chamaeleonidae Gray 1825 [chameleon]
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G. Brookesia Gray 1864 [Leaf chameleon]
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Brookesia superciliaris Kuhl 1820 [Brown leaf chameleon]
G. Chamaeleo Laurenti 1768
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†Chamaeleo andrusovi Čerňanský 2010
†Chamaeleo bavaricus Schleich 1983
Chamaeleo chameleon Linneaus 1758 [Common chameleon]
Chamaeleo dilepis Leach 1819 [Flapneck chameleon]
Chamaeleo monachus Gray 1865 [Socotran chameleon]
Invalid names: Chamaeleo caroliquarti Moody and Roček 1980 [nomen dubium], Chamaeleo pfeili Schleich 1984 [nomen dubium]
G. Rhampholeon Gunther 1874 [Stumptail chameleons]
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Rhampholeon spectrum Buchholz 1874 [Cameroon stumptail chameleon]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Perrier 1928 | Caractères du Sous-Ordre. |