Chamaeleoninae

Parsons Chameleon, ♂

The Real chameleons ( Chamaeleoninae ) are a subfamily of chameleons ( Chamaeleonidae ).

System

The classification of chameleons in the subfamilies True chameleons ( Chamaeleoninae ) and stubby tail chameleons ( Brookesiinae ) is generally accepted, however, the classification of some genera is disputed. So Conrad A. Matthee, Colin R. Tilbury and Ted Townsend come in a 2004 published article on an in-depth molecular analysis of samples from 83 individuals of the genus Rhampholeon and their comparison among other things to the conclusion that the position of the genera Rhampholeon and Rieppeleon within the Chamaeleonidae should be changed, as has proved to be an assignment to the subfamily of Chamaeleoninae in the investigations. As a further consequence, the subfamily of Brookesiinae would include only the genus Brookesia. The overview presented here follows the ITIS report, which makes this requirement disregarded:

To subfamily real chameleons six genera are counted and counted a majority of chameleon species.

• Genus dwarf chameleons ( Bradypodion ) Fitzinger, 1843
• Genus Calumma Gray, 1865
• Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 Subgenus Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768
• Subgenus Trioceros Swainson, 1839

Swell

• Krause, P.; Böhme, W. 2010: A new chameleon of the Trioceros bitaeniatus complex from Mt Hanang, Tanzania, East Africa ( Squamata: Chamaeleonidae ). Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (1): 19-29. ISSN 2190-7307 PDF
• Tilbury, C. R.; Tolley, K. A. 2009: A re - appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo ( Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae ). Zootaxa, 2079: 57-68.