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CITES Species Data Base Bradypodion Bradypodion adolfifriderici Bradypodion carpenteri Bradypodion dracomontanum Bradypodion fischeri Bradypodion mlanjense Bradypodion nemorale Bradypodion oxyrhinum Bradypodion pumilum Bradypodion setaroi Bradypodion spinosum Bradypodion tavetanum Bradypodion tenue Bradypodion thamnobates Bradypodion uthmoelleri Bradypodion xenorhinum Brookesia spp. Brookesia ambreensis Brookesia antakarana Brookesia bekolosy Brookesia betschi Brookesia bonsi Brookesia brygooi Brookesia decaryi Brookesia dentata Brookesia ebenaui Brookesia exarmata Brookesia griveaudi Brookesia karchei Brookesia lambertoni Brookesia lineata Brookesia lolontany Brookesia minima Brookesia nasus Brookesia perarmata Brookesia stumpffi Brookesia superciliaris Brookesia therezieni Brookesia thieli Brookesia vadoni Brookesia valerieae Calumma spp. Calumma andringitraensis Calumma boettgeri Calumma brevicornis Calumma capuroni Calumma cucullata Calumma fallax Calumma furcifer Calumma gallus Calumma gastrotaenia Calumma glawi Calumma globifer Calumma guibei Calumma guillaumeti Calumma hilleniusi Calumma linota Calumma malthe Calumma marojezensis Calumma nasuta Calumma oshaughnessyi Calumma parsonii Calumma peyrierasi Calumma tigris Calumma tsaratananensis Calumma vatosoa Calumma vencesi Chamaeleo spp. Chamaeleo affinis Chamaeleo africanus Chamaeleo anchietae Chamaeleo arabicus Chamaeleo balebicornutus Chamaeleo bitaeniatus Chamaeleo calcaricarens Chamaeleo calyptratus Chamaeleo camerunensis Chamaeleo chamaeleon Chamaeleo chapini Chamaeleo conirostratus Chamaeleo cristatus Chamaeleo deremensis Chamaeleo dilepis Chamaeleo eisentrauti Chamaeleo ellioti Chamaeleo feae Chamaeleo fuelleborni Chamaeleo goetzei Chamaeleo gracilis Chamaeleo harennae Chamaeleo hoehnelii Chamaeleo incornutus Chamaeleo ituriensis Chamaeleo jacksonii Chamaeleo jacksonii Chamaeleo johnstoni Chamaeleo kinetensis Chamaeleo laevigatus Chamaeleo laterispinis Chamaeleo marsabitensis Chamaeleo melleri Chamaeleo monachus Chamaeleo montium Chamaeleo namaquensis Chamaeleo oweni Chamaeleo pfefferi Chamaeleo quadricornis Chamaeleo quilensis Chamaeleo rudis Chamaeleo schoutedeni Chamaeleo schubotzi Chamaeleo senegalensis Chamaeleo tempeli Chamaeleo tremperi Chamaeleo werneri Chamaeleo wiedersheimi Chamaeleo zeylanicus Furcifer spp. Furcifer angeli Furcifer antimena Furcifer balteatus Furcifer belalandaensis Furcifer bifidus Furcifer campani Furcifer cephalolepis Furcifer labordi Furcifer lateralis Furcifer minor Furcifer monoceras Furcifer nicosiai Furcifer oustaleti Furcifer pardalis Furcifer petteri Furcifer polleni Furcifer rhinoceratus Furcifer tuzetae Furcifer verrucosus Furcifer willsii

 

CITES 2001 2002 2003 Species List

 

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between Governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

 

The CITES Species Database  contains the below listed information of all species ever listed in CITES Appendices I, II or III.  I have extracted the chameleons and created a page of links to the CITES pages. You can also access the CITES Database by using the pulldown menu above. Those pages open in a new window.

 

Names- synonyms, scientific names, and English, French and Spanish common names Distribution- map of distribution at country level

Status- official status 

Legal- legal status and appendix (export quotas where applicable)

• Appendix I  most endangered 

• Appendix II  not necessarily threatened but  may become so 

• Appendix III  species needs the cooperation of other countries to prevent unsustainable or illegal exploitation

References- materials used by CITES to classify species

Resources- links to other databases that may contain more information

Photos- where available

 

I have compiled a list of Chamaeleonidae Family members listed in the CITES Database. Click the link below to access it.
  CITES species database links

 

CITES Appendices Export Quotas for Specimens of (Chameleon) Species Calendar Year. These are pages on this website. I have taken the time to sort through the Export Quota Appendices for chameleon information for 1999 - 2003. 

1999 - 2001|2002|2003

 

 

The annual export quotas since 2000 are provided below. All except year 2000 are PDF files at the CITES website. Year 2000 is SHTML. These reports are all inclusive (all families and all species) You will need to read through them to find the CHAMELEON data.

2008|2007|2006|2005|2004|2003|2002|2001|2000

 

 

Current Status

In 1996 three chameleon species, Furcifer campani, F. labordi, and F. minor, were classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, based on a 20% population decline in 10 years, or three generations. A fourth species, Brookesia perarmata, was classified as Vulnerable for this reason and also because they occupy an area of less than 39 sq mi (100 sq km) and fewer than five locations. All chameleons in the genera Bradypodion, Calumma, Chamaeleo, and Furcifer are listed on CITES Appendix II, indicating that they are threatened with extinction unless commercial trade is tightly controlled. A moratorium on importation for commercial trade of all but four species of chameleons (F. pardalis, F. lateralis, F. oustaleti, and F. verrucosus) from Madagascar was imposed by CITES in 1995, owing to escalating levels of trade and concerns that extinction might result. This moratorium remained in effect in 2002. Although Brookesia perarmata is included on the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable, no members of the genera Brookesia or Rhampholeon received formal protection from CITES to prevent unsustainable commercial trade as of 2002.

The main threats to chameleons are ongoing loss, modification, and fragmentation of acceptable habitat and collection for the legal and illegal commercial pet trade. The majority of chameleon species have not survived or reproduced in captivity and should not be considered candidates for captive breeding projects aimed at preservation of the species. Habitat preservation and conservation management in the wild for these vulnerable species are critical to preventing future extinction.