Real chameleons

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Real chameleons
Parson's chameleon, ♂

Parson's chameleon , ♂

Systematics
Superordinate : Scale lizards (Lepidosauria)
Order : Scale reptiles (Squamata)
without rank: Toxicofera
without rank: Iguana (Iguania)
Family : Chameleons (Chamaeleonidae)
Subfamily : Real chameleons
Scientific name
Chamaeleoninae
Klaver & Böhme , 1986

The real chameleons (Chamaeleoninae) are a subfamily of the chameleons (Chamaeleonidae).

Systematics

The division of chameleons into the subfamilies real chameleons (Chamaeleoninae) and stubby-tailed chameleons (Brookesiinae) is generally recognized, but the allocation of some genera is controversial. So Conrad come A. Matthee, Colin R. Tilbury and Ted Townsend in a report published in 2004 article on an in-depth molecular biological analysis of samples from 83 individuals of the species Rhampholeon and their comparison among other things to the conclusion that the position of the genera Rhampholeon and Rieppeleon within of the Chamaeleonidae should be changed, since the investigations have shown an assignment to the subfamily of the Chamaeleoninae. As a further consequence, the Brookesiinae subfamily would only include the genus Brookesia . The overview shown here follows the ITIS report, which does not take this requirement into account:

The subfamily real chameleons includes 7 genera and a large part of the chameleon species.

literature

  • Patrick Krause, Wolfgang Böhme : A new chameleon of the Trioceros bitaeniatus complex from Mt. Hanang, Tanzania, East Africa (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). In: Bonn Zoological Bulletin. Volume 57, No. 1, 2010, ISSN  2190-7307 , pp. 19-29, digitized version (PDF, 588.95 kB) .
  • Jan Stipala, Nicola Lutzmánn, Patrick K. Malonza, Luca Borghesio, Paul Wilkinson, Brendan Godley, Matthew R. Evans: A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from the highlands of northwest Kenya. In: Zootaxa . Volume 3002, No. 1, 2011, pp. 1–16, digital version (PDF, 4 MB) .
  • Colin R. Tilbury, Krystal A. Tolley: A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). In: Zootaxa. Volume 2079, No. 1, 2009, pp. 57-68, abstract (PDF, 15.71 kB) .

Individual evidence

  1. Conrad A. Matthee, Colin R. Tilbury, Ted Townsend: A phylogenetic review of the African leaf chameleons: genus Rhampholeon (Chamaeleonidae): the role of vicariance and climate change in speciation. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. Volume 271, No. 1551, 2004, pp. 1967-1975, doi : 10.1098 / rspb.2004.2806 , digitized version (PDF, 268.68 kB) .
  2. ITIS Chamaeleonidae www.itis.gov
  3. Wolfgang Schmidt, Klaus Tamm, Erich Wallikewitz: Chamäleons. Dragons of our time. 5th edition. Natur- und Tier-Verlag, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-931587-03-1 .

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