Chamaeleo laevigatus Gray, 1863

Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount & Highlands, Bamenda, 2015, The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2), pp. 15-38 : 19

Chamaeleo laevigatus Gray, 1863 (seven specimens)

Material: MNHN-RA 2005.2721 ( Fundong , 6.249°N and 10.315°E, elev. 1,500 m, coll. CamHerp, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.3301-3305 (five specimens, Jakiri village along the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.3398 ( Awing village (Benjom), 5.867°N and 10.266°E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp, M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) .

This species, presently known to occur in Cameroon, was initially mistaken with Chamaeleo senegalensis Daudin, 1802 by Chirio and LeBreton (2007), a taxon whose distribution is more western. In East Africa, C. laevigatus occurs in moist savanna between 1,000 –1,500 m but can fall to 300 m elsewhere ( Spawls et al. 2002; Largen and Spawls 2010). It is reported from 350–1,550 m altitude in Cameroon ( Chirio and LeBreton 2007).