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Arabian chameleon

Scientific name: Chamaeleo arabicus

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0015

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Arabisches Chamäleon
Camaleón árabe
آفتاب‌پرست عربی
Caméléon d'Arabie
अरबी गिरगिट
Bunglon Arab
Sumpah-sumpah Arab
Camaleão-árabe
Аравийский хамелеон
Arap bukalemunu
عربی گرگٹ
阿拉伯变色龙

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1Carranza et al. 2018 — Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of OmanSRC-276
2The Reptile Database — Chamaeleo arabicusSRC-063
3GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Chamaeleo arabicus Matschie, 1893SRC-208
4Chamaeleo genus diagnosis mentioning Chamaeleo arabicusSRC-NAM-20261009-CHAM-GENUS
5GBIF occurrence records of Chamaeleo arabicus by country (preserved specimens and human observations)SRC-565
6Chamaeleo arabicus MATSCHIE, 1893SRC-566

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The Arabian chameleon (Chamaeleo arabicus) is a chameleon of the family Chamaeleonidae, described by Matschie in 1893.

SRC-063 · SRC-208

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2The Reptile Database — Chamaeleo arabicusSRC-063
3GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Chamaeleo arabicus Matschie, 1893SRC-208

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