Common Chameleon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Chamaeleo
Species:	C. chamaeleon
Binomial name
Chamaeleo chamaeleon' Linnaeus, 1758

The Common Chameleon is the only species of Chamaleonidae of Europe.

[edit] Subspecies

Four sub-species are identified:

• Chamaeleo chamaeleon chamaeleon
• Chamaeleo chamaeleon musae
• Chamaeleo chamaeleon orientalis
• Chamaeleo chamaeleon rectricrista

[edit] Distribution

In Europe: Southern Greece (Aegean Islands, Crete, Chios, Samos), Malta, Southern Portugal, Southern Spain, Cyprus.

In North Africa and the Middle East: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Western Sahara, SW Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Southeastern Turkey.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Chamaeleo chamaeleon

• Chamaeleo chamaeleon at the TIGR Reptile Database

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