Chamaeleo pollenii Peters, 1874: 792

Dondorp, Esther & Denzer, Wolfgang, 2024, Annotated catalogue of acrodont lizard types in the collection of the Naturalis Biodiverstity Center (Squamata: Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae), Zootaxa 5403 (1), pp. 65-79 : 75

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10572653
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scientific name	Chamaeleo pollenii Peters, 1874: 792
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= Furcifer polleni ( Peters, 1874)

Paralectotypes (status uncertain): ZMA. RENA 40141 , six specimens of both sexes, Mayotte, coll. Pollen

Type locality: Comoreninsel Mayotte

Remarks: There are six specimens (ZMA.RENA 40141) of Furcifer polleni listed as syntypes in the catalogue. The specimens were collected by Pollen on Mayotte and were clearly part of his original series and as such constitute topotypes. The original description by Peters (1874) does not mention the number of specimens and subsequently Klaver (2008) designated ZMB 7892 as the lectotype and ZMB 8155 as paralectotype. If the Naturalis specimens were part of the original syntype series they have to be seen as paralectotypes, but as we did not find any indication that the specimens came from the museum in Berlin their type status is currently unclear.