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Chamaeleo anchietae BOCAGE, 1872

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Double-scaled Chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleo anchietae BOCAGE 1872
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) anchietae — NECAS 1999: 279
Chamaeleo anchietae — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2009
Chamaeleo anchietae — TILBURY 2010: 447
Chamaeleon anchietae — WERNER 1911: 16
Chamaeleo (Apola) vinckei LAURENT 1950: 349 (fide LOVERIDGE 1957: 198).
Chamaeleo anchietae anchietae — LAURENT 1952: 19.
Chamaeleo anchietae mertensi LAURENT 1952: 18 (fide HILLENIUS 1959: 51)
Chamaeleo anchietae marunguensis LAURENT 1952: 19 (fide HILLENIUS 1959)
Chamaeleo anchietae vinckei — LAURENT 1952: 19
Chamaeleo senegalensis anchietae — LOVERIDGE 1957: 198
Chamaeleo anchietae — MERTENS 1966: 7
Chamaeleo anchietae anchietae — MERTENS 1966: 7
Chamaeleo anchietae marunguensis — MERTENS 1966: 7
Chamaeleo anchietae mertensi — MERTENS 1966: 7
Chamaeleo anchietae vinckei — MERTENS 1966: 7
Chamaeleo anchietae — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 258
Chamaeleo anchietae — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionAngola (Huila, Mossamedes),
S Democratic Republic of the Congo (= Zaire: Marungu Plateau, Kivu, Katanga), Tanzania

Type locality: Huila, Mossamedes, Angola

marunguensis: Zaire; Type locality: Kipiri (2000 m elevation), Plateau des Marungu, Terr. de Baudouinville, W. of Lake Tanganyika, Zaire

mertensi: Zaire; Type locality: Muneshele (1400 m elevation), Terr. de Fizi, Kivu, Zaire.

vinckei: Zaire; Terra typica: Station d'etude des Kundelungu (1750 m elevation), Katanga, Zaire.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: lost, formerly MB (Museu Bocage (5 specimens); lost by fire (fide SALDANHA 1978).
Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 26.273 [marunguensis]
Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 26.270 [mertensi]
Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 26.261 [vinckei] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: LOVERIDGE 1957 and HILLENIUS 1959 synonymized all subspecies with C. anchietae, a position that was followed by KLAVER & BÖHME 1997. 
EtymologyNamed after José de Anchieta (9 Oct 1832 -14 Sep 1897), Portugese explorer of Africa. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocage, J. V. B. 1872. Diagnoses de quelques espéces nouvelles de Reptiles d'Afrique occidentale. Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 4: 72-82. - get paper here
  • Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Hillenius, D. 1959. The differentiation within the genus Chamaeleo LAURENTI 1768. Beaufortia, Amsterdam, 8: 1-92.
  • Laurent, R. F. 1952. Reptiles et Batraciens nouveaux du massif du Mont Kabobo et du plateau des Marungu. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 46: 18-34.
  • Laurent, R. F. 1952. Batraciens et Reptiles récemment acquis par le Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 44: 198-203.
  • Laurent,R.F. 1950. Reptiles nouveaux des Kundelungu. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. (Bruxelles) 43 (4): 349-352
  • Loveridge, A. 1957. Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of east Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 117 (2): 153-362 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • Mertens, Robert 1966. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich 83: 1-37
  • Nečas, Petr 1999. Chameleons - Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp.; ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe)<br>ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada)
  • PIETERSEN, D. W.; J. P. DAVIES & L. J. THOMPSON. 2018. Chamaeleo anchietae - Bocage 1872. African Herp News (67): 45 - get paper here
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
  • SALDANHA, L. 1978. Museu Bocage. Copeia 1978 (4): 739-740 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
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  • Tilbury, C. 2010. Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas, Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt M., 831 pp.
  • Tilbury, C. R. & Tolley, Krystal A. 2009. A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 2079: 57–68 - get paper here
  • Witte, G. F. de 1953. Reptiles. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949). Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge. Brussels, vol. 6, 322 pp. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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