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Chamaeleo calyptratus  A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851
Taxonomic Serial No.: 690738

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Cone-headed Chameleon [English]
  
    Veiled Chameleon [English]
  
    Yemen Chameleon [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyChamaeleonidae  – Chameleons  
                                  SubfamilyChamaeleoninae   
                                     GenusChamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 – Chameleons  
                                        SpeciesChamaeleo calyptratus A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851 – Cone-headed Chameleon, Veiled Chameleon, Yemen Chameleon  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subspecies Chamaeleo calyptratus calcarifer W. C. H. Peters, 1871  
                                           Subspecies Chamaeleo calyptratus calyptratus A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Chamaeleo calyptratus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Chamaeleo calyptratus, Veiled Chameleon [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Oceania  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Hawaii, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

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