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Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Laurenti, J. N. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Chamaeleo aegyptius Bonnaterre, 1789
Chamaeleo calcaratus Merrem, 1820
Chamaeleo candidus Laurenti, 1768
Chamaeleo mexicanus Laurenti, 1768
Chamaeleon basilicus
Chamaeleon basiliscus Cope, 1868
Homonyms
Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768
Common names
African Chameleon in English
African Chameleon in English
African Chameleon in English
Afrikaanse Kameleon in Dutch
Afrikanisches Chamäleon in German
Afrikanisches Chamäleon in German
Afrikanisches Chamäleon in German
Afrikansk kamæleon in Danish
Basilisk Chameleon in English
Basilisken-Chamäleon in German
Basilisken-Chamäleon in German
Basiliskenchamäleon in German
Camaléon africano in Spanish
Caméléon africain in French
Sahel Chameleon in English
Sahelkameleon in Dutch
afrikai kaméleon in Hungarian
afrikankameleontti in Finnish
chameleon africký in Czech
Αφρικανικός Χαμαιλέοντας in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Африканский хамелеон in Russian
حرباء أفريقية in Arabic
バシリスクカメレオン in Japanese
非洲變色龍 in Chinese
Basilisk Chameleon in English
African Chameleon in English
Afrikanisches Chamäleon in German
Αφρικανικός Χαμαιλέοντας in Greek, Modern (1453-)

Bibliographic References

  1. Laurenti, J. N. (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. <em>Vienna, Joan. Thomae.</em> 217 pp.
  2. 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
  3. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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