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Furcifer pardalis (CUVIER, 1829)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Pantherchamäleon
E: Ambilobe panther chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleo pardalis CUVIER 1829: 60
Chamaeleo ater LESSON 1832 (fide BRYGOO 1983: 4)
Cyneosaura pardalis — GRAY 1865: 354
Chamaeleo guentheri BOULENGER 1888
Chamaeleon longicauda GÜNTHER 1891: 287
Chamaeleon axillaris WERNER 1899: 183
Chamaeleon krempfi CHABANAUD 1923
Chamaeleo pardalis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 228
Chamaeleo niger — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 228 (ex errore pro Chamaeleo ater LESSON 1832)
Chamaeleon pardalis — WERNER 1911: 19
Chamaeleon guentheri — WERNER 1911: 20
Chamaeleon longicauda — WERNER 1911: 20
Chamaeleon krempfi CHABANAUD 1923 (fide MER-TENS 1966: 22)
Chamaeleo pardalis — MERTENS 1966: 20
Chamaeleo guentheri — MERTENS 1966: 17
Furcifer pardalis — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986: 59
Furcifer pardalis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 254
Furcifer pardalis — NECAS 1999: 223
Furcifer pardalis — D’CRUZE et al. 2007
Furcifer pardalis — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionNossi Be = Nosy Bé, St. Marie, Nosy Faly, Nosy Mangabe, Nosy Mitsio, Nosy Sakatia, Nosy Tanikely, Nosy Komba, NE Madagascar, Reunion (introduced)

Type locality: Ile de France, in error.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 6520.
Syntypes: ZMB 17103, 69555 (fide Bauer, Böhme and Günther (2006: 272) [axillaris]
Syntypes: NHMUK 1946.8.22.21–25 (Previously NHMUK 1887.12.5.2–6 = BMNH), male, female, halfgrown and young [guentheri]
Holotype: NHMUK 1946.8.21.93 (Previously NHMUK 1891.4.30.5 = BMNH), male [longicauda] 
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CommentDistribution: Does not occur on Mauritius (= Ile de France).

Variation: Highly variable species with many different color variants (see Müller et al. 2004 for a collection of photos). Grbic et al. 2015 found 9-15 clades that can be distinguished genetically and morphologically and which may be species. Negro & Laube (2023) present photos of many variants, including juveniles (which often do not have much of a pattern).

Genome: Xie et al. 2023. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin pardalis, panther, denoting the black colouration of the type specimen (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
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