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Chamaeleo zeylanicus LAURENTI, 1768

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Indian chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleo zeylanicus LAURENTI 1768: 46
Chamaeleo zebra BORY DE ST. VINCENT 1823
Chamaeleo coromandelicus FITZINGER 1843
Chamaeleo vulgaris var. marmoratus GRAY 1865
Chamaeleo zeylonicus — JERDON 1853 (n. emend. pro Chamaeleo zeylanicus LAURENTI 1768)
Chamaeleo ceylonicus — STOLICZKA 1872 (n. emend. pro Chamaeleo zeylanicus LAURENTI 1768)
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) zeylanicus — NECAS 1999: 113
Chamaeleo zeylanicus — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2009
Chamaeleo zeylanicus — TILBURY 2010: 539
Chamaeleo zeylanicus — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionSri Lanka, India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Southern plains of the Ganges, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Haryana), Pakistan

Highest Elevation Range is up to 1842 meters asl (Abinesh & Vishnu 2022).

Type locality: Ceylon (= Sri Lanka), restricted by Mertens 1969.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: unlocated; based on Seba (1734) I; plate 82, fig. 3.
Syntypes: NHMUK 1946.8.22.3–4 (Previously NHMUK 1860.3.19.1038–9), halfgrown, coll. Sykes [marmoratus] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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