Chameleon Species List

Chamaeleonidae


Brookesiinae KLAVER & BÖHME, 1986 (34 species, 35 forms)


Brookesia KUHL, 1820 (32 species)

Brookesia antakarana RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995

Brookesia bekolosy RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995

Brookesia betschi BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974

Brookesia bonsi RAMANANTSOA, 1980

Brookesia brunoi CROTTINI, MIRALLES, GLAW, HARRIS, LIMA & VENCES, 2012

Brookesia brygooi RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995

Brookesia confidens GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012

Brookesia decaryi ANGEL, 1939

Brookesia dentata MOCQUARD, 1900

Brookesia desperata GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012

Brookesia ebenaui (BOETTGER, 1880)

Brookesia exarmata SCHIMMENTI & JESU, 1996

Brookesia griveaudi BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974

Brookesia karchei BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1970

Brookesia lambertoni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1970

Brookesia lineata RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995

Brookesia micra GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012

Brookesia minima BOETTGER, 1893

Brookesia nana GLAW, KÖHLER, HAWLITSCHEK, RATSOAVINA, RAKOTOARISON, SCHERZ & VENCES, 2021

Brookesia nofy RAKOTOARISON, HASINIAINA, GLAW & VENCES, 2024

Brookesia perarmata (ANGEL, 1933)

Brookesia peyrierasi BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1974

Brookesia ramanantsoai BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1975

Brookesia stumpffi BOETTGER, 1894

Brookesia superciliaris (KUHL, 1820)

Brookesia tedi SCHERZ, KÖHLER, RAKOTOARISON, GLAW & VENCES, 2019

Brookesia therezieni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1970

Brookesia thieli BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1969

Brookesia tristis GLAW, KÖHLER, TOWNSEND & VENCES, 2012

Brookesia tuberculata MOCQUARD, 1894

Brookesia vadoni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1968

Brookesia valerieae RAXWORTHY, 1991


Palleon GLAW, HAWLITSCHEK & RUTHENSTEINER, 2013 (2 species, 3 forms)

Palleon lolontany (RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995)

Palleon nasus (BOULENGER, 1887)

     Palleon nasus nasus (BOULENGER, 1887) 

     Palleon nasus pauliani (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE 1972)



Chamaeleoninae KLAVER & BÖHME, 1986


Archaius GRAY, 1865 (2 species)

Archaius seychellensis (KUHL, 1820)

Archaius tigris (KUHL, 1820)


Bradypodion FITZINGER, 1843 (20 species)

Bradypodion atromontanum BRANCH, TOLLEY & TILBURY, 2006

Bradypodion barbatulum TOLLEY, TILBURY & BURGER, 2022

Bradypodion baviaanense TOLLEY, TILBURY & BURGER, 2022

Bradypodion caeruleogula RAW & BROTHERS, 2008

Bradypodion caffrum (BOETTGER, 1889)

Bradypodion damaranum (BOULENGER, 1887)

Bradypodion dracomontanum RAW, 1976

Bradypodion gutturale (SMITH, 1849)

Bradypodion kentanicum (HEWITT, 1935)

Bradypodion melanocephalum (GRAY, 1865)

Bradypodion nemorale RAW, 1978

Bradypodion ngomeense TILBURY & TOLLEY, 2009

Bradypodion occidentale (HEWITT, 1935)

Bradypodion pumilum (GMELIN, 1789)

Bradypodion setaroi RAW, 1976

Bradypodion taeniabronchum (SMITH, 1831)

Bradypodion thamnobates RAW, 1976

Bradypodion transvaalense (FITZSIMONS, 1930)

Bradypodion ventrale (GRAY, 1845)

Bradypodion venustum TOLLEY, TILBURY & BURGER, 2022


Calumma GRAY, 1845 (42 species, 43 forms)

Calumma amber RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006

Calumma ambreense (RAMANANTSOA, 1974)

Calumma andringitraense (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1972)

Calumma boettgeri (BOULENGER, 1888)

Calumma brevicorne (GÜNTHER, 1879)

Calumma capuroni (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1972)

Calumma crypticum RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006

Calumma cucullatum (GRAY, 1831)

Calumma emelinae PRÖTZEL, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2020

Calumma fallax (MOCQUARD, 1900)

Calumma furcifer (VAILLANT & GRANDIDIER, 1880)

Calumma gallus (GÜNTHER, 1877)

Calumma gastrotaenia (BOULENGER, 1888)

Calumma gehringi PRÖTZEL, VENCES, SCHERZ, VIEITES & GLAW, 2017

Calumma glawi BÖHME, 1997

Calumma globifer (GÜNTHER, 1879)

Calumma guibei (HILLENIUS, 1959)

Calumma guillaumeti (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974)

Calumma hafahafa RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006

Calumma hilleniusi (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1973)

Calumma jejy RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006

Calumma juliae PRÖTZEL, VENCES, HAWLITSCHEK, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA & GLAW, 2018

Calumma lefona PRÖTZEL, VENCES, HAWLITSCHEK, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA & GLAW, 2018

Calumma linotum (MÜLLER, 1924)

Calumma malthe (GÜNTHER, 1879)

Calumma marojezense (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1970)

Calumma nasutum (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1836)

Calumma oshaughnessyi (GÜNTHER, 1881)

Calumma parsonii (CUVIER, 1825)

     Calumma parsonii parsonii (CUVIER, 1825)

     Calumma parsonii cristifer (METHUEN & HEWITT, 1913)

Calumma peltierorum RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006

Calumma peyrierasi (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974)

Calumma radamanus (MERTENS, 1933)

Calumma ratnasariae PRÖTZEL, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2020

Calumma roaloko PRÖTZEL, LAMBERT, ANDRIANASOLO, HUTTER, COBB, SCHERZ & GLAW, 2018

Calumma tarzan GEHRING, PABIJAN, RATSOAVINA, KÖHLER, VENCES & GLAW, 2010

Calumma tjiasmantoi PRÖTZEL, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2020

Calumma tsaratananense (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1967)

Calumma tsycorne RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2006

Calumma uetzi PRÖTZEL, VENCES, HAWLITSCHEK, SCHERZ, RATSOAVINA & GLAW, 2018

Calumma vatosoa ANDREONE, MATTIOLI, JESU & RANDRIANIRINA, 2001

Calumma vencesi ANDREONE, MATTIOLI, JESU & RANDRIANIRINA, 2001

Calumma vohibola GEHRING, RATSOAVINA, VENCES & GLAW, 2011


Chamaeleo LAURENTI, 1768 (17 species, 25 forms)

Chamaeleo africanus LAURENTI, 1768

Chamaeleo anchietae BOCAGE, 1872

Chamaeleo arabicus MATSCHIE, 1893

Chamaeleo calcaricarens BÖHME, 1985

Chamaeleo calcarifer PETERS, 1870

Chamaeleo calyptratus DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL, 1851

Chamaeleo chamaeleon (LINNAEUS, 1758)

     Chamaeleo chamaeleon chamaeleon (LINNAEUS, 1758)

     Chamaeleo chamaeleon musae STEINDACHNER, 1901

     Chamaeleo chamaeleon orientalis PARKER, 1938

     Chamaeleo chamaeleon recticrista BOETTGER, 1880

Chamaeleo dilepis LEACH, 1819

     Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis LEACH, 1819

     Chamaeleo dilepis angusticoronatus BARBOUR, 1903

     Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis LOVERIDGE, 1942

     Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus GÜNTHER, 1893

     Chamaeleo dilepis martensi MERTENS, 1964

     Chamaeleo dilepis petersii GRAY, 1865

Chamaeleo etiennei SCHMIDT, 1919

Chamaeleo gracilis HALLOWELL, 1844

Chamaeleo laevigatus GRAY, 1863

Chamaeleo monachus GRAY, 1865

Chamaeleo namaquensis SMITH, 1831

Chamaeleo necasi ULLENBRUCH, KRAUSE & BÖHME, 2007

Chamaeleo ruspolii BOETTGER, 1893

Chamaeleo senegalensis DAUDIN, 1802

Chamaeleo zeylanicus LAURENTI, 1768


Furcifer FITZINGER, 1843 (24 species, 25 forms)

Furcifer angeli (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1968)

Furcifer antimena (GRANDIDIER, 1872)

Furcifer balteatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1851)

Furcifer belalandaensis (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1970)

Furcifer bifidus (BRONGNIART, 1800)

Furcifer campani (GRANDIDIER, 1872)

Furcifer cephalolepis (GÜNTHER, 1880)

Furcifer labordi (GRANDIDIER, 1872)

Furcifer lateralis (GRAY, 1831)

Furcifer major (BRYGOO, 1971)

Furcifer minor (GÜNTHER, 1879)

Furcifer monoceras (BOETTGER, 1913)

Furcifer nicosiai JESU, MATTIOLI & SCHIMMENTI, 1999

Furcifer oustaleti (MOCQUARD, 1894)

Furcifer pardalis (CUVIER, 1829)

Furcifer petteri (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1966)

Furcifer polleni (PETERS, 1874)

Furcifer rhinoceratus (GRAY, 1845)

Furcifer timoni GLAW, KÖHLER & VENCES, 2009

Furcifer tuzetae (BRYGOO, BOURGAT & DOMERGUE, 1972)

Furcifer verrucosus (CUVIER, 1829)

     Furcifer verrucosus verrucosus (CUVIER, 1829)

     Furcifer verrucosus semicristatus (BOETTGER, 1894)

Furcifer viridis FLORIO, INGRAM, RAKOTONDRAVONY, LOUIS JR & RAXWORTHY, 2012

Furcifer voeltzkowi (BOETTGER, 1893)

Furcifer willsii (GÜNTHER, 1890)


Kinyongia TILBURY, TOLLEY & BRANCH, 2006 (24 species)

Kinyongia adolfifriderici (STERNFELD, 1912)

Kinyongia artytor LUTZMANN, STIPALA, LADEMANN, KRAUSE, WILMS & SCHMITZ, 2010

Kinyongia asheorum NECAS, SINDACO, KORENÝ, KOPECNÁ, MALONZA & MODRÝ, 2009

Kinyongia boehmei (LUTZMANN & NECAS, 2002)

Kinyongia carpenteri (PARKER, 1929)

Kinyongia excubitor (BARBOUR, 1911)

Kinyongia fischeri (REICHENOW, 1887)

Kinyongia gyrolepis GREENBAUM, TOLLEY, JOMA & KUSAMBA, 2012

Kinyongia itombwensis HUGHES, KUSAMBA, BEHANGANA & GREENBAUM, 2017

Kinyongia magomberae MENEGON, TOLLEY, JONES, ROVERO, MARSHALL & TILBURY, 2009

Kinyongia matschiei (WERNER, 1895)

Kinyongia msuyae MENEGON, LOADER , DAVENPORT, HOWELL, TILBURY, MACHAGA & TOLLEY, 2015

Kinyongia multituberculata (NIEDEN, 1913)

Kinyongia mulyai TILBURY & TOLLEY, 2015

Kinyongia oxyrhina (KLAVER & BÖHME, 1988)

Kinyongia rugegensis HUGHES, KUSAMBA, BEHANGANA & GREENBAUM, 2017

Kinyongia tavetana (STEINDACHNER, 1891)

Kinyongia tenuis (MATSCHIE, 1892)

Kinyongia tolleyae HUGHES, KUSAMBA, BEHANGANA & GREENBAUM, 2017

Kinyongia uluguruensis (LOVERIDGE, 1957)

Kinyongia uthmoelleri (MÜLLER, 1938)

Kinyongia vanheygeni NECAS, 2009

Kinyongia vosseleri (NIEDEN, 1913)

Kinyongia xenorhina (BOULENGER, 1901)


Nadzikambia TILBURY, TOLLEY & BRANCH, 2006 (2 species)

Nadzikambia baylissi BRANCH & TOLLEY, 2010

Nadzikambia mlanjensis (BROADLEY, 1965)


Rhampholeon GÜNTHER, 1874 (30 species)

Rhampholeon acuminatus MARIAUX & TILBURY, 2006

Rhampholeon beraduccii MARIAUX & TILBURY, 2006

Rhampholeon bombayi HUGHES, BEHANGANA, LUKWAGO, MENEGON, DEHLING, WAGNER, TILBURY, KUSAMBA & GREENBAUM, 2024

Rhampholeon boulengeri STEINDACHNER, 1911

Rhampholeon bruessoworum BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014

Rhampholeon chapmanorum TILBURY, 1992

Rhampholeon colemani MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022

Rhampholeon gorongosae BROADLEY, 1971

Rhampholeon hattinghi TILBURY & TOLLEY, 2015

Rhampholeon marshalli BOULENGER, 1906

Rhampholeon maspictus BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014

Rhampholeon monteslunae HUGHES, BEHANGANA, LUKWAGO, MENEGON, DEHLING, WAGNER, TILBURY, KUSAMBA & GREENBAUM, 2024

Rhampholeon moyeri MENEGON, SALVIDIO & TILBURY, 2002

Rhampholeon msitugrabensis HUGHES, BEHANGANA, LUKWAGO, MENEGON, DEHLING, WAGNER, TILBURY, KUSAMBA & GREENBAUM, 2024

Rhampholeon nalubaale HUGHES, BEHANGANA, LUKWAGO, MENEGON, DEHLING, WAGNER, TILBURY, KUSAMBA & GREENBAUM, 2024

Rhampholeon nchisiensis (LOVERIDGE, 1953)

Rhampholeon nebulauctor BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014

Rhampholeon nicolai MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022

Rhampholeon platyceps GÜNTHER, 1893

Rhampholeon plumptrei HUGHES, BEHANGANA, LUKWAGO, MENEGON, DEHLING, WAGNER, TILBURY, KUSAMBA & GREENBAUM, 2024

Rhampholeon princeeai MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022

Rhampholeon rubeho MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022

Rhampholeon sabini MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022

Rhampholeon spectrum (BUCHHOLZ, 1874)

Rhampholeon spinosus (MATSCHIE, 1892)

Rhampholeon temporalis (MATSCHIE, 1892)

Rhampholeon tilburyi BRANCH, BAYLISS & TOLLEY, 2014

Rhampholeon uluguruensis TILBURY & EMMRICH, 1996

Rhampholeon viridis MARIAUX & TILBURY, 2006

Rhampholeon waynelotteri MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022


Rieppeleon MATTHEE, TILBURY & BRANCH, 2004 (3 species, 4 forms)

Rieppeleon brachyurus (GÜNTHER, 1893)

Rieppeleon brevicaudatus (MATSCHIE, 1892)

Rieppeleon kerstenii (PETERS, 1868)

     Rieppeleon kerstenii kerstenii (PETERS, 1868)

     Rieppeleon kerstenii robecchii (BOULENGER 1891)


Trioceros SWAINSON, 1839 (43 species, 48 forms)

Trioceros affinis (RÜPPELL, 1845)

Trioceros balebicornutus (TILBURY, 1998)

Trioceros bitaeniatus (FISCHER, 1884)

Trioceros camerunensis (MÜLLER, 1909)

Trioceros chapini (DE WITTE, 1964)

Trioceros conirostratus (TILBURY, 1998)

Trioceros cristatus (STUTCHBURY, 1837)

Trioceros deremensis (MATSCHIE, 1892)

Trioceros ellioti (GÜNTHER, 1895)

Trioceros feae (BOULENGER, 1906)

Trioceros fuelleborni (TORNIER, 1900)

Trioceros goetzei (TORNIER, 1899)

     Trioceros goetzei goetzei (TORNIER, 1899)

     Trioceros goetzei nyikae (LOVERIDGE, 1953)

Trioceros hanangensis KRAUSE & BÖHME, 2010

Trioceros harennae (LARGEN, 1995)

     Trioceros harennae harennae (LARGEN, 1995)

     Trioceros harennae fitchi (NEČAS, 2004)

Trioceros hoehnelii (STEINDACHNER, 1891)

     Trioceros hoehnelii hoehnelii (STEINDACHNER, 1891)

     Trioceros hoehnelii altaeelgonis (LOVERIDGE, 1935)

Trioceros incornutus (LOVERIDGE, 1932)

Trioceros ituriensis (SCHMIDT, 1919)

Trioceros jacksonii (BOULENGER, 1896)

     Trioceros jacksonii jacksonii (BOULENGER, 1896)

     Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus (EASON, FERGUSON & HEBRARD, 1988)

Trioceros johnstoni (BOULENGER, 1901)

Trioceros kinangopensis STIPALA, LUTZMANN, MALONZA, WILKINSON, GODLEY, NYAMACHE & EVANS, 2012

Trioceros kinetensis (SCHMIDT, 1943)

Trioceros laterispinis (LOVERIDGE, 1932)

Trioceros marsabitensis (TILBURY, 1991)

Trioceros melleri (GRAY, 1865)

Trioceros merumontanus (RAND, 1958)

Trioceros montium (BUCHHOLZ, 1874)

Trioceros narraioca (NECAS, MODRY & SLAPETA, 2003)

Trioceros ntunte (NECAS, MODRY & SLAPETA, 2005)

Trioceros nyirit STIPALA, LUTZMANN, MALONZA, BORGHESIO, WILKINSON, GODLEY & EVANS, 2011

Trioceros oweni (GRAY, 1831)

Trioceros perreti (KLAVER & BÖHME, 1992)

Trioceros pfefferi (TORNIER, 1900)

Trioceros quadricornis (TORNIER, 1899)

     Trioceros quadricornis quadricornis (TORNIER, 1899)

     Trioceros quadricornis gracilior (BÖHME & KLAVER, 1981)

Trioceros rudis (BOULENGER, 1906)

Trioceros schoutedeni (LAURENT, 1952)

Trioceros schubotzi (STERNFELD, 1912)

Trioceros serratus (MERTENS, 1922)

Trioceros sternfeldi (RAND, 1963)

Trioceros tempeli (TORNIER, 1899)

Trioceros tremperi (NECAS, 1994)

Trioceros werneri (TORNIER, 1899)

Trioceros wiedersheimi (NIEDEN, 1910)

Trioceros wolfgangboehmei KOPPETSCH, NEČAS & WIPFLER, 2021


Species and their Numbers in Genera and in Regions

The term "forms" refers to ":species and subspecies in total, where applicable"

Madagascar includes the surrounding islands and archipelagos: Seychelles, Mascarenes, Comoros

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