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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes)

Genera native to southern Africa

Bradypodion (dwarf chameleons)

 

Chamaeleo (common chameleons)

 

Rhampholeon (African leaf chameleons)

 

 

Rieppeleon

One species in southern Africa - Rieppeleon brachyurus.