- Chamaeleoninae
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Chamaeleoninae 
Perinet chameleon (Calumma gastrotaenia) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Family: Chamaeleonidae Subfamily: Chamaeleoninae Chamaeleoninae is the nominotypical subfamily of chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae)
Classification
There are eight currently recognised genera in the subfamily:
- Genus Archaius
- Genus Bradypodion
- Genus Calumma
- Genus Chamaeleo
- Genus Furcifer
- Genus Kinyongia
- Genus Nadzikambia
- Genus Trioceros
NOTE: Trioceros was previously considered to be a subgenus of Chamaeleo, until Tilbury & Tolley (2009) raised it to full genus. Since then, two new species have been described in the genus Trioceros, by Krause & Böhme (2010), and Stipala et al. (2011). These two new species have not been published in combination with the generic name Chamaeleo, which poses a problem for the citation of these names in Wikipedia, unless Trioceros is treated as a full genus, following Tilbury & Tolley (2009).
References
- Krause, P.; Böhme, W. 2010: A new chameleon of the Trioceros bitaeniatus complex from Mt. Hanang, Tanzania, East Africa (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 57(1): 19-29. ISSN: 2190-7307 PDF
- Stipala, J. et al. 2011: A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from the highlands of northwest Kenya. Zootaxa, 3002: 1–16. Preview
- Tilbury, C.R.; Tolley, K.A. 2009: A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa, 2079: 57-68. Abstract & excerpt
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