CHAMAELEONIDAE FAMILY

Genus Chamaeleo 

KINGDOM: Animalia (animals)

   PHYLUM: Cordata (chordates)

      CLASS: Reptilia (reptiles)

          ORDER: Squamata (scaled reptiles)

              FAMILIES: snakes, warm lizards, lizards

                  LIZARD SUBFAMILY: Sauria

                      SAURIA INFRAORDER: 

                         Anguimorpha (angid); Gekkota (gecko); Iguania (iguana); Scincomorpha (skink)

                             IGUANIA DIVISIONS: 

                                 Agamids; Iguanids; Chameleonids

                                      CHAMAELEONIDAE FAMILY:

                                          Subfamily Chamaeleoninae (True Chameleons)

                                               Genus Chamaeleo 

see Subgenus (Trioceros) and Subgenus (Chamaeleo) for species lists