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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesChamaeleo dilepis dilepis LEACH 1819
Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis LOVERIDGE 1942
Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus GÜNTHER 1893
Chamaeleo dilepis martensi MERTENS 1964
Chamaeleo dilepis petersii GRAY 1865
Chamaeleo dilepis quilensis BOCAGE 1866
Chamaeleo dilepis roperi BOULENGER 1890
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii BOETTGER 1893 
Common NamesE: Flapneck Chameleon
G: Lappenchamäleon
E: Bocage's Chameleon [quilensis]
G: Südafrikanisches Lappenchamäleon [quilensis] 
SynonymChamaeleo dilepis LEACH 1819: 493
Chamaeleo bilobus KUHL 1820
Chamaeleo planiceps MERREM 1820
Chamaeleo dilepis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 225
Chamaeleo dilepas — MARTIN 1838
Chamaeleo dilepis — GRAY 1864: 384
Chamaeleo petersii var. kirkii GRAY 1865
Chamaeleo capellii BOCAGE 1866: 42
Chamaeleon dilepis — GRAY 1865: 348
Chamaeleon dilepis — BOULENGER 1887: 450
Chamaeleo angusticoronatus BARBOUR 1903
Chamaeleon ruspolii BOETTGER 1893: 116 (fide LARGEN & SPAWLS 2006)
Chamaeleon isabellinus GÜNTHER 1893: 556
Chamaeleon dilepis isabellinus — WERNER 1911: 14 (partim)
Chamaeleon dilepis — SCHMIDT 1919: 577
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — PARKER 1942: 79.
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — MERTENS 1966: 13
Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis — AUERBACH 1987: 101
Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis — BROADLEY 1991: 522
Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 12
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) dilepis — NECAS 1999: 127
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) ruspolii — NECAS 1999: 127
Chamaeleo dilepis — PAUWELS et al. 2004
Chamaeleo dilepis — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2009
Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis — BOURQUIN & GRUENER 2017
Chamaeleo dilepis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 258

Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis LOVERIDGE 1942
Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis LOVERIDGE 1942: 363
Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis — MERTENS 1966: 12
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) dilepis idjwiensis — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997: 33
Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis — LUTZMANN et al. 2014
Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis — GLAW 2015
Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis — MAIN et al. 2018

Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus GÜNTHER, 1893
Chamaeleo isabellinus GÜNTHER 1893: 556
Chamaeleon isabelinus — BOCAGE 1896: 103 (in error)
Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus — LOVERIDGE 1920: 163 ?
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) dilepis isabellinus — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997: 33
Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus — GLAW 2015
Chamaeleo dilepis isabellinus — MAIN et al. 2018

Chamaeleo dilepis martensi MERTENS, 1964
Chamaeleo dilepis martensi MERTENS, 1964: 113
Chamaeleo dilepis martensi — MERTENS 1966: 13
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) dilepis martensi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997: 33
Chamaeleo dilepis martensi — GLAW 2015
Chamaeleo dilepis martensi — MAIN et al. 2018

Chamaeleo dilepis petersii GRAY, 1865
Chamaeleon petersii GRAY 1865: 470
Chamaeleon dilepis — WERNER 1911: 13 (partim)
Chamaeleo dilepis petersii — LOVERIDGE 1953: 186
Chamaeleo dilepis petersii — MERTENS 1966: 13
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) dilepis petersii — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997: 34
Chamaeleo dilepis petersii — GLAW 2015
Chamaeleo dilepis petersii — MAIN et al. 2018

Chamaeleo dilepis quilensis BOCAGE 1866
Chamaeleo dilepis var. quilensis BOCAGE 1866: 42
Chamaeleon parvilobus BOULENGER 1887: 449
Chamaeleon parvilobus — BOETTGER 1889: 277
Chamaeleon parvilobus — BOETTGER 1894: 91
Chamaeleon parvilobus — WERNER 1897
Chamaeleon parvilobus — LOVERIDGE 1923
Chamaeleon quilensis — CAMP 1923: 410
Chamaeleo quilensis — WITTE 1953: 56
Chamaeleo quilensis — LANZA 1983: 210
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) quilensis — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997: 36
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) quilensis — NECAS 1999: 127
Chamaeleo dilepis quilensis — GLAW 2015
Chamaeleo dilepis quilensis — MAIN et al. 2018
Chamaeleo dilepis quilensis — MARQUES et al. 2018
Chamaeleo dilepis quilensis — BUTLER et al. 2019

Chamaeleo dilepis roperi BOULENGER 1890
Chamaeleon roperi BOULENGER 1890: 85
Chamaeleon dilepis roperi — ANGEL 1925
Chamaeleon dilepis roperi — LOVERIDGE 1936: 76
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) dilepis roperi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997: 34
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) roperi — NECAS 1999: 127
Chamaeleo dilepis roperi — GLAW 2015
Chamaeleo dilepis roperi — MAIN et al. 2018

Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii BOETTGER 1893
Chamaeleon ruspolii BOETTGER 1893: 116
Chamaeleon isabellinus GÜNTHER 1893: 556
Chamaeleon dilepis isabellinus — WERNER 1911: 14 (partim)
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — PARKER 1942: 79.
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — MERTENS1966: 13
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997: 34
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) ruspolii — NECAS 1999: 127
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — GLAW 2015
Chamaeleo dilepis ruspolii — MAIN et al. 2018
Chamaeleo ruspolii — SPAWLS et al. 2023 
DistributionCongo, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi (Shire Highlands), Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana,
Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda (see note), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; except in the north), Zambia, Burundi, Uganda, E Zaire, Tanzania (Pemba Island), Mozambique, Central African Republic ?, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Republic of South Sudan (RSS)

Type locality: Gabon (formerly part of French Congo)

idjwiensis: Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, E Zaire; Type locality: Upper Mulinga River, Idjwi Island, Lake Kivu, Belgian Congo (= Zaire).

isabellinus: Malawi (Shire Highlands); Type locality: Shire Highlands south of Laka Nyassa, principally upon Mount Zomba and Mount Milanje, Nyassaland (= Malawi).

martensi: Pemba Island; Type locality: Pemba Island

petersii: Mozambique, Malawi; Type locality: Mozambique

quilensis: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Somalia (Lanza 1990), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Type locality: Rio Quilo, north of Cabinda.

roperi: E Kenya, Uganda, NE Tanzania, Zaire, Angola; Type locality: Kilifi, north of Mombasa, Kenya.

ruspolii: Ethiopia, NW Somalia; Type locality: Ogaden, Somaliland.  
ReproductionMales and females have slightly asynchronous reproductive cycles but breed during spring–summer (Reanney et al. (2012)). 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.75, female
Holotype: MCZ 47155 [idjwiensis]
Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.5, female. (Previously NHMUK 92.12.31.20) [isabellinus]
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.22.33, female (previously 64.1.9.16) [kirkii]
Holotype: SMF 16144 [martensi]
Lectotype: NHMUK 1858.4.11.14 (= BMNH 58.4.11.14), adult female, Natal, coll. H. Callaway; Paralectotypes: NHMUK 1853.10.29.23, juvenile (probably female), “South Africa” (or Natal, coll. T. Ayres); NHMUK 1869.3.22.1, female, Gabon; NHMUK 1876.3.8.3, male, Cameroon, coll. D. G. Rutherford [parvilobus]
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.3.67-69 and 1947.3.6.54 (4 females). [petersii]
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.22.1-2 (one male and one female). [roperi]
Lectotype: SMF 16300 [ruspolii]
Holotype: lost, was MB (Museu Bocage), lost by fire (fide Saldanha 1978) [quilensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1087 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: While Klaver and Bohme (1997) list Uganda in the distribution of Chamaeleo dilepis, Spawls, et al. (2001: 219) state there are "...no credible records from Uganda." Currently, the on-line CITES species database lists "Uganda?" in the distribution for C. dilepis. C. dilepis reported from the Central African Republic by JOGER (1990) have been identified as C. gracilis by CHIRIO & INEICH (2006). BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991 report Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis from Tanzania and list quilensis as a synonym. Not in Gabon fide PAUWELS & VANDE WEGHE 2008. C. roperi is not listed for Tanzania by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991 (but by KLAVER & BÖHME 1997). Not in Gabon fide PAUWELS & VANDE WEGHE 2008. For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022.

Sexual dimorphism: Reanney et al. (2012) found that females were larger than males in both snout-vent length (SVL) and pelvic width. The smallest sexually reproductive female was 80 mm SVL, whereas the smallest mature male was 60 mm. Female body size also correlated with clutch size (mean: 44.2, range: 19–74) and volume, suggesting the female-biased size dimorphism may be the product of fecundity selection.

Phylogenetics: Main et al. 2018 found that C. d. quilensis is genetically heterogeneous with Angolan populations possibly representing another subspecies.

Type species: Chamaeleon dilepis Leach, 1819 is the type species of the genus Dilepis Gray, 1865 (non Dilepis Weinland, 1858 [Cestoda]).

Diet: arthropods, dominated by orthopterans, followed by coleopterans (Reanney et al. 2012).

Synonymy: LARGEN & SPAWLS 2006 synonymized Chamaeleo ruspolii with Chamaeleo dilepis.

Etymology: C. d. roiperi was named after its collector, G. D. Trevor-Roper.

Subspecies: C. quilensis iand C. roperi are “variants” of Ch. dilepis (TILBURY 2010, pers. comm.).

The C. deremensis in Lantermann & Lantermann (2007) is actually C. dilepis [erratum in Draco 28 (4): 2]. 
EtymologyNamed after the two flaps the species has on its neck.

The subspecies idjwiensis and quilensis were named after their type localities.

The subspecies ruspolii was named after Prince Eugenio Ruspoli (Țigănești, 6 January 1866 – near Burgi, Somalia, 4 December 1893), an Italian explorer and naturalist. See URL below for details. 
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