Biology:Smooth chameleon

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Short description: Species of lizard

Smooth chameleon
Chamaeleo laevigatus 140185897.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Chamaeleo
Species:
C. laevigatus
Binomial name
Chamaeleo laevigatus
Gray, 1863
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Distribution of Smooth Chameleon
Synonyms

Chamaeleon sphaeropholis Reichenow, 1887

The smooth chameleon (Chamaeleo laevigatus) is a species of chameleon native to Africa.[2] It is bluish-green and has small scales. Its body is very slender, and it looks similar to Chamaeleo senegalensis.[3]

Distribution

Found mostly in the lowlands,[4] Chamaeleo laevigatus lives throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. Specimens have been found in Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Zambia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Cameroon.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2948047 entry