Chamaeleonidae

Aloufi, Abdulhadi A., Amr, Zuhair S., Abu Baker, Mohammad A. & Hamidan, Nashat, 2019, Diversity and conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles and amphibians in Saudi Arabia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 204) 13 (2), pp. 181-202 : 190

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13239045

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED6A4E-FFC3-0D43-FF5E-FA5271C9F9EB

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Felipe

scientific name

Chamaeleonidae
status

 

Family Chamaeleonidae View in CoL View at ENA

Hillenius and Gasperetti (1984) listed two taxa of chameleons in Saudi Arabia: Chamaeleo calyptratus calcarifer Peters 1871 and Chamaeleo chamaeleon orientalis Parker 1938 . Both species are confined to the coastal mountains of the Red Sea, reaching up to 2,500 m asl.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Chamaeleonidae

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