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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Chamaeleonidae
Veiled Chameleon
Chamaeleo calyptratus
Duméril, 1851
Current SSAR Comments:
Native to the southwestern Arabian Peninsula to Yemen. It was introduced via the pet trade and is established in Florida and Hawai'i. In Florida, it was first introduced via the pet trade prior to 2004 in Fort Myers, Lee County (Krysko et al., 2004, Florida Scientist 67: 249–253) but has since been introduced in other areas in the peninsula (Enge and Krysko, 2019,
Chamaeleo calyptratus
. Pages 357–359 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). In Hawai’i, it established during the 2000s; 59 individuals were removed from a 1.5 ha area on Maui (Kraus and Duvall, 2004, Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 79: 63.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.03.03.15.28.36)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1851
Dumeril, A. M. Constant and Auguste H. A. Dumeril. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. [Methodical catalog of the reptile collection of the Natural History Museum of Paris.] Gide et Baudry, Paris, France. 224pp.
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