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Furcifer is a genus of chameleons whose member species are mostly endemic to Madagascar, but F. cephalolepis and F. polleni are endemic to the Comoros. Additionally, F. pardalis has been introduced to Réunion , Mauritius and Florida , while F. oustaleti has been introduced to Kenya and Florida.
Furcifer oustaleti ( Mocquard , 1894) The Malagasy giant chameleon or Oustalet's chameleon ( Furcifer oustaleti ) is a large species of chameleon which is native to entire Madagascar , [ 2 ] but also has been introduced near Nairobi in Kenya (though its current status there is unclear) and in Miami-Dade County in the United States.
The Petter's chameleon (Furcifer petteri) is a species of chameleon, which is endemic to northern Madagascar. Furcifer petteri was initially described as the subspecies Chamaeleo willsii petteri by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo and Charles Domergue in 1966, but later transferred to the genus Furcifer and given full species status by Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences in 1994.
The long-nosed rhinoceros chameleon (Furcifer monoceras) is a species of chameleon endemic to Madagascar. It is capable of changing colors, but usually only displays one color all throughout their body. They can be all-orange, all light brown, all-purple, all red with some green lines, and all green with brown stripes.
Two-banded chameleon Furcifer balteatus at Buffalo Zoo Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Chamaeleonidae Genus: Furcifer Species: F. balteatus Binomial name Furcifer balteatus Duméril & Bibron, 1851 Synonyms Chamaeleo balteatus Duméril & Bibron, 1851 ...
The canopy chameleon (Furcifer willsii), also known commonly as Wills's chameleon or incorrectly as Will's chameleon, [3] is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar .
Furcifer antimena was first described in 1872 by French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier. It is commonly known as the Antimena chameleon after the name of the species. [1] There are several synonyms: Chamaeleo antimena (Grandidier, 1872), Chamaeleon rhinoceratus lineatus (Methuen & Hewitt, 1913), and Furcifer antimena (Glaw & Vences ...
The Angel's chameleon (Furcifer angeli), initially described as Chamaeleo angeli, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar , and was originally described by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo and Charles Antoine Domergue in 1968.