Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 252

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968180

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF61-B88D-FF6B-45307A390CB8

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Plazi

scientific name

Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851
status

 

Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851 View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.

Veiled Chameleon

Singapore records.

Chameleo vulgaris — Gray, 1845: 265.

Chamaeleon calcaratus — Boulenger, 1887: 446.—F. Werner, 1902: 332.

Chamaeleo calcaratus —Palacký, 1899: 278.

Remarks. Gray (1845) reported a specimen of C. calyptratus at NHMUK from Singapore, and Boulenger (1887) examined two specimens from Cantor that were imported into Singapore (Werner 1902). Chamaeleo calyptratus is native to Yemen and Saudi Arabia ( Glaw 2015).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Chamaeleonidae

Genus

Chamaeleo

Loc

Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Chamaeleon calcaratus

Boulenger, G. A. 1887: 446
1887
Loc

Chameleo vulgaris

Gray, J. E. 1845: 265
1845
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