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Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Chamaeleonidae
genus
Chamaeleo
species
Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Name

Synonyms
Cameleo siculus Grohmann, 1832
Chamaeleo parisiensium Laurenti, 1768
Chamaeleo saharicus Müller, 1887
Chamaeleo vulgaris var. musae Steindachner, 1901
Chamaeleo vulgaris var. recticrista Boettger, 1880
Chamaeleon auratus Gray, 1865
Chamaeleon fasciatus Smith, 1866
Chamaeleon rimulosus Gravenhorst, 1843
Chamaeleon vulgaris
Lacerta chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Camaleao in Portuguese
Camaleonte in Italian
Camaleón común in Spanish
Caméléon commun in French
European chameleon in English
Europäisches Chamäleon in German
Europäisches Chamäleon in German
Europäisches Chamäleon in German
Gemeines Chamäleon in German
Gewöhnliches Chamäleon in German
camaleonte comune in Italian
Хамелеон звичайний in Ukrainian
Mediterranean Chameleon in English
Bukalemun in Turkish
Camaleonte Comune in Italian
Camaleão in Portuguese
Camaleón Común in Spanish
Common Chameleon in English
Europäisches Chamäleon in German
Κοινός Χαμαιλέοντας in Greek, Modern (1453-)

Bibliographic References

  1. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  2. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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