Chamaeleo
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 Jackson's Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii
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(Chamaeleo (T.) melleri)
Chamaeleo is a genus of lizard found in tropical Africa and Asia. 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.
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 Flap Neck Chameleon Looking Into Lens - Ryan Hyde |
[edit] 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
- Awash Chameleon, Chamaeleo calcaricarens
- Veiled Chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus
- Cameroon Chameleon, Chamaeleo camerunensis
- Common Chameleon, 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
- Chamaeleo goetzei nyikae
- Graceful Chameleon, Chamaeleo gracilis
- Bale Mountains Heather Chameleon, Chamaeleo harennae harennae
- Chamaeleo harennae fitchi
- Helmeted Chameleon, Chamaeleo hoehnelii hoehnelii
- Chamaeleo hoehnelii altaeelgonis
- Poroto Mountain Chameleon, Chamaeleo incornutus
- Ituri Forest Chameleon, Chamaeleo ituriensis
- Jackson's Three-horned Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii jacksonii
- Mt. Meru Jackson's Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii merumontanus
- Mt. Kenya Yellow Crested Jackson's Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii xantholophus
- Johnston's Chameleon, Chamaeleo johnstoni
- Chamaeleo kinetensis
- Smooth Chameleon , Chamaeleo laevigatus
- Spine-sided Chameleon, Chamaeleo laterispinis
- Mount Marsabit Chameleon, Chamaeleo marsabitensis
- Meller's Chameleon, Chamaeleo melleri
- 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 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
