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Chamaeleo calyptratus Dumeril & Dumeril 1851

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Description

Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851 — 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.

Notes

Published as part of Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore's herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, pp. 1-378 in Zootaxa 5287 (1) on page 252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7960319

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73FF61B88DFF6B45307A390CB8

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/7960319 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/7469530BFF9AB876FFFC4759790E0F53 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/88502B73FF61B88DFF6B45307A390CB8 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/209662376 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/53474/taxon/88502B73FF61B88DFF6B45307A390CB8.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Chamaeleonidae
Genus
Chamaeleo
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Dumeril & Dumeril
Species
calyptratus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chamaeleo calyptratus Dumeril, 1851 sec. Figueroa, Low & Lim, 2023

References

  • Dumeril, C. & Dumeril, A. (1851) Catalogue methodique de la collection des Reptiles (Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris). Gide et Baudry, Paris, 224 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. (1845) Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. Trustees [of the British Museum], London, xxviii + 289 pp.
  • Boulenger, G. A. (1887) Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 2 nd Edition. Vol. III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Taylor and Francis, London, xii + 575 pp., 40 pls.
  • Glaw, F. (2015) Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 65 (2), 167 - 246. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / vz. 65. e 31518