Chamaeleo
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Chamaeleo is a genus of chameleons in the family Chamaeleonidae. Most species of the genus Chamaeleo are found in sub-Saharan Africa, but a few species are also present in northern Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia east to India and Sri Lanka.
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Chamaeleo | |
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Chamaeleo calyptratus, veiled chameleon | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Subfamily: | Chamaeleoninae |
Genus: | Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768[1] |
Type species | |
Chamaeleo parisiensium Laurenti, 1768 | |
Diversity | |
14 species |
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