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Chamaeleo dilepis  Leach, 1819
Taxonomic Serial No.: 715159

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Flap-neck Chameleon [English]
  
    Flapneck 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 dilepis Leach, 1819 – Flap-neck Chameleon, Flapneck Chameleon  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis dilepis Leach, 1819  
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis Loveridge, 1942  
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis isabellinus Günther, 1893  
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis martensi Mertens, 1964  
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis petersii Gray, 1865  
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis quilensis Bocage, 1866 – Bocage's Chameleon 
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis roperi Boulenger, 1890  
                                           SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis ruspolii Boettger, 1893  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Chamaeleo dilepis    
       
  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 dilepis, Flapneck Chameleon [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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