Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 13

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scientific name	Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819
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Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819 View in CoL

Flap-necked Chameleon

Material. CHAVUMA FR: BMNH 2018.2755 ( Fig. 7B View Fig ), BMNH 2018.2756. Comments: Specimens were found in miombo woodland on shrubs above 1 m. There are currently seven subspecies in this group and based on their distributions, these specimens represent C. dilepis quilensis ( Uetz et al. 2018) . Sequence similarity is 99% with Chamaeleo dilepis from Matema, Tanzania (GenBank accession number AY 927272).

References

Uetz P, Freed P, Hosek J. 2018. The Reptile Database. Available: http: // www. reptile-database. org [Accessed: 15 February 2019].

Figures

Fig. 7. Reptiles of western Zambia. (A) Agama armata (BMNH 2018.2751), (B) Chamaeleo dilepis (BMNH 2018.2755), (C)–(D) Lygodactylus chobiensis (BMNH 2018.2743), (E) Pachydactylus punctatus, (F) Ichnotropis capensis (BMNH 2018.2750), (G) Meroles squamulosus (BMNH 2018.2753), (H) Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (BMNH 2018.2765), (I) Trachylepis varia (BMNH 2018.2769), (J) Typhlacontias rohani (BMNH 2018.2761), (K) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (BMNH 2018.2776), (L) Philothamnus hoplogaster (BMNH 2018.2775), (M) Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772), (N) Thelotornis kirtlandii (BMNH 2018.2760), (O) Atractaspis congica (BMNH 2018.2274), (P)–(R) Kinixys spekii.