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There are two subspecies, Furcifer v. verrucosus and Furcifer v. semicristatus, the latter being found mainly in the southernmost part of the island.This chameleon is closely related to Oustalet's chameleon Furcifer oustaleti (Malagasy giant chameleon), the pair forming a species complex, but each member of the group may be a cryptic species (two species indistinguishable in the field and ...
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 pardalis (Cuvier, 1829) Furcifer verrucosus (Cuvier, 1829) Furcifer lateralis (Gray, 1831) Furcifer rhinoceratus (Gray, 1845) Furcifer balteatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1851) Furcifer antimena (Grandidier, 1872) Furcifer campani (Grandidier, 1872) Furcifer labordi (Grandidier, 1872) Furcifer minor (Günther, 1879) Furcifer willsii ...
Angel's chameleon (Furcifer angeli) Furcifer bifidus; Furcifer cephalolepis; Carpet chameleon (Furcifer lateralis) Furcifer major; Malagasy giant chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) Mayotte chameleon (Furcifer polleni) Warty chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus) Furcifer viridis; Canopy chameleon (Furcifer willsii)
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 panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar [1] [3] [4] in a tropical forest biome. Additionally, it has been introduced to Réunion and Mauritius , as well as the state of Florida within the United States .
Furcifer nicosiai is relatively large, and has a high parietal crest (a central ridge down the front of the casque), but lacks appendages on its snout ().It features canthi rostrales that are separated, a poorly developed gular crest (a row of small spines running down the centre of the throat), a distinctive rostral profile, a complete ventral crest (a row of small conical scales extending ...
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 ...