Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968180 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF61-B88D-FF6B-45307A390CB8 |
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Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851 |
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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.
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Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851
Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023 |
Chamaeleon calcaratus
Boulenger, G. A. 1887: 446 |
Chameleo vulgaris
Gray, J. E. 1845: 265 |