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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Carpet Chameleon, Jewel Chameleon
G: Teppich-Chamäleon 
SynonymChamaeleo lateralis GRAY 1831: 53
Chamaeleo lateralis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 220
Apola lateralis — GRAY 1865: 348
Chamaeleo lambertoni ANGEL 1921
Chamaeleo lateralis — SCHMIDT 1986
Furcifer lateralis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 254
Furcifer lateralis —NECAS 1999: 217
Furcifer lateralis — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionC Madagascar (sea level up to 2000 m elevation).

Type locality: not given, according to Gray (1845): Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.22.12-13 (2 specimens), one male, one half-grown.
Holotype: MNHN 1921.269 (lambertoni) 
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CommentSubspecies: Florio et al. 2012 elevated F. l. major to species status without providing much detail. However, they do state that “Brygoo’s (1971) description of F. lateralis major from Tanandava, south-western Madagascar, closely corresponds with the morphology of the southern group recovered in our study. These individuals have higher head casques and have a larger SVL.” KLAVER & BÖHME 1997 listed major as a synonym of F. lateralis. 
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