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Chamaeleo namaquensis SMITH, 1831

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Namaqua Chameleon
G: Wüstenchamäleon 
SynonymChamaeleo capensis BONNATERRE 1789: 32 (?)
Chaemelio namaquensis SMITH 1831: 17
Chamaeleo tuberculiferus GRAY 1845: 267 (fide DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 32)
Phumanola namaquensis — GRAY 1865: 350
Chamaeleon namaquensis — WERNER 1911: 40
Chamaeleo namaquensis — MERTENS 1966: 21
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) namaquensis — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986: 59
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) namaquensis — NECAS 1999: 137
Chamaeleo namaquensis — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2009
Chamaeleo namaquensis — TILBURY 2010: 519
Chamaeleo namaquensis — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionS Angola, Namibia, Republic of South Africa

Type locality: Little Namaqualand, near the mouth of the Orange River, South Africa [SMITH 1831].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 8017, NHMUK 1865.5.4.61–62, female and halfgrown. See also Campbell & Denzer 2020 for more details.
Syntypes: NHMUK 1838.3.8.5–6, two stuffed specimens, from the South African Museum [tuberculiferus] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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