Smooth chameleon
| Smooth chameleon | |
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| File:Chamaeleo laevigatus 140185897.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Chamaeleo |
| Species: | C. laevigatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chamaeleo laevigatus | |
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| Distribution of Smooth Chameleon | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Chamaeleon sphaeropholis Reichenow, 1887 | |
The smooth chameleon (Chamaeleo laevigatus) is a species of chameleon native to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][3] It is bluish-green and has small scales. Its body is very slender, and it is similar to Chamaeleo senegalensis.[2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Found mostly in the lowlands,[4] Chamaeleo laevigatus is widely distributed in the Central and East Africa. It has been recorded in Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Cameroon.[1][3] There is uncertainty whether the Cameroonian records represent this species or the morphologically similar Chamaeleo senegalensis,[1] and the same may apply to the Central African Republic.[3]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]It is an arboreal savanna species, sometimes observed in trees along watercourses.[1]
References
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Chamaeleo
- Lizards of Africa
- Vertebrates of Burundi
- Reptiles of Cameroon
- Reptiles of the Central African Republic
- Vertebrates of Chad
- Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Reptiles of Ethiopia
- Reptiles of Kenya
- Vertebrates of Rwanda
- Reptiles of South Sudan
- Reptiles of Sudan
- Reptiles of Tanzania
- Reptiles of Uganda
- Reptiles of Zambia
- Reptiles described in 1863
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Chameleon stubs