Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) quilensis
Scientific name Common name(s) alternate scientific names described by year size brood

Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) quilensis

None Chamaeleo dilepis quilensis, Chamaeleon parvilobus, Chamaeleon quilensis
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Bocage 1866 Medium Eggs

Formerly considered a subspecies of C. dilepis (q.v.), C. quilensis has a broad distribution from Togo and Nigeria in the north through western Africa, South Africa and northward into Mozambique.

Contributed by E. Pollak

References
Klaver, C. & W. Boehme. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich, 112: i-xiv' 1 - 85. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, New York.
Necas, P. 1999. Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL.

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