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Chameleons
Chamaeleonidae
Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. These species come in a range of colors, and many species have the ability to change color.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 240 known species
Typical Chameleons
genusChamaeleo
Southern African Dwarf Chameleons
genusBradypodion
Fork-footed Chameleons
genusFurcifer
Calumma
genusCalumma
Equatorial Chameleons
genusTrioceros
Madagascar Leaf Chameleons
subfamilyBrookesiinae
East African Dwarf Chameleons
genusKinyongia
North and East African Pygmy Chameleons
genusRhampholeon
Short-tailed Leaf Chameleons
genusRieppeleon
Tiger Chameleons
genusArchaius
Mountain Dwarf Chameleons
genusNadzikambia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32805.