The chameleons are a group of laterally compressed lizards with
prehensile tails. There are over 150 species worldwide, and they
are part of the family Chamaeleonidae, but there is no one specific
scientific name beyond that. The Chamaeleonidae are arranged into
two subfamilies, Chamaeleoninae and Brookesiina (dwarfs). These two
groups are further subdivided into about 9 more subgroups, and then
further divided into the afformentioned 150+ species.
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Chameleons....
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Clade: Acrodonta
Family: Chamaeleonidae.
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Chamaeleo calyptratus. - this is entirely incorrect due to the
fact that this is just a binomial name for a species known as the
veiled chameleon or yemen chameleon. chamaeleo is just the name of
the genus and not the family. technically speaking, i think this
answers your question that the the family that all these lizards
belong to is chameleonidae
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Charles Klaver has written:
'Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria)
with special reference to hemipenis morphology' -- subject(s):
Chamaeleo, Chameleons, Phylogeny, Classification, Generative
organs, Hemipenis