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    Species Accepted

    Chamaeleo namaquensis Smith, 1831

    Desert Chameleon
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Chamaeleo
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Camaleão-do-deserto Portuguese
      Caméléon du Namaqua French
      Desert Chameleon English
      Namakwa-verkleurmannetjie Afrikaans
      Namakwaverkleurmannetjie Afrikaans
      Namaqua Chameleon English
      Namaqua-Chamäleon German
      Namaqua-kamæleon Danish
      Namaqua-kaméleon Hungarian
      Namaquakameleon Norwegian Bokmål

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      36 results
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      Klaver, C., & BÖHME, W. (1986). Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria), with special reference to hemipenis morphology. Bonner Zool. Monogr. 22: 1-64.
      Robinson, M. D. (1978). Sexual dichromatism in the Namaqua chamaeleon, Chamaeleo namaquensis. Madoqua 11 (1): 81-83.
      Branch, William R. (1994). Herpetofauna of the Sperrgebeit [sic] Region of Southern Namibia. Herpetological Natural History 2 (1): 1-11.
      Glaw, F. (2015). Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue]. Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246.
      Loveridge, A. (1936). African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122.
      Tilbury, C. R. & Tolley, Krystal A. (2009). A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 2079: 57–68.
      Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds). (2023). Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
      Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.). (2014). Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 Pp.

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