Furcifer

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Furcifer
Species: F. angeli – F. antimena – F. balteatus – F. belalandaensis – F. bifidus – F. campani – F. cephalolepis – F. labordi – F. lateralis – F. minor – F. monoceras – F. nicosiai – F. oustaleti – F. pardalis - F. petteri – F. polleni – F. rhinoceratus – F. timoni – F. tuzetae – F. verrucosus – F. viridis – F. voeltzkowi – F. willsii
F. oustaleti - F. pardalis -

Name

Furcifer Fitzinger, 1843
References

Glaw, F., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 2009. A distinctive new species of chameleon of the genus Furcifer (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from the Montagne d’Ambre rainforest of northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 2269: 32–42. Abstract & excerpt (PDF). Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Malagasy chameleons
日本語: フサエカメレオン属

Furcifer is a genus of chameleons whose member species are mostly endemic to Madagascar, but F. cephalolepis and F. polleni are endemic to the Comoros. Additionally, F. pardalis has been introduced to Réunion and Mauritius, while F. oustaleti has been introduced to near Nairobi in Kenya.

Taxonomy

The generic name (Furcifer) is derived from the Latin root furci- meaning "forked" and refers to the shape of the animal's feet.[1]

The genus contains 24 species.[2]
Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Furcifer angeli (Brygoo & Domergue, 1968)	Angel's chameleon	northwest Madagascar
	Furcifer antimena (Grandidier, 1872)	Antimena chameleon	southwest Madagascar
	Furcifer balteatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1851)	two-banded chameleon	Madagascar
	Furcifer belalandaensis (Brygoo & Domergue, 1970)	Belalanda chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer bifidus (Brongniart, 1900)	two-horned chameleon	Madagascar
	Furcifer campani (Grandidier, 1872)	jewelled chameleon	central highlands of Madagascar
	Furcifer cephalolepis (Günther, 1880)	Comoro Islands chameleon	Grande Comore.
	Furcifer labordi (Grandidier, 1872)	Labord's chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer lateralis (Gray, 1831)	carpet chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer major (Brygoo, 1971)	Southern Carpet Chameleon	Tanandava, Madagascar
	Furcifer minor (Günther, 1879)	lesser chameleon	Central Madagascar.
	Furcifer monoceras (Boettger, 1913)		Madagascar.
	Furcifer nicosiai Jesu, Mattioli & Schimmenti, 1999		western Madagascar.
	Furcifer oustaleti (Mocquard, 1894)	Malagasy giant chameleon	Madagascar
	Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier, 1829)	panther chameleon	eastern and northern parts of Madagascar
	Furcifer petteri (Brygoo & Domergue, 1966)	Petter's chameleon	northern Madagascar
	Furcifer polleni (W. Peters, 1874)	Mayotte chameleon	Mayotte.
	Furcifer rhinoceratus (Gray, 1845)	rhinoceros chameleon	dry forests in Madagascar.
	Furcifer timoni Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2009 [2]	Timon's chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer tuzetae (Brygoo, Bourgat & Domergue, 1972)	Ambiky chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer verrucosus (Cuvier, 1829)	warty chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer viridis Florio et al., 2012	green chameleon	northwest Madagascar, from the central highlands and Maevatanana to Ambanja
	Furcifer voeltzkowi (Boettger, 1893)	Voeltzkow's chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer willsii (Günther, 1890)	canopy chameleon	eastern Madagascar

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Furcifer.
References

Le Berre, François; Bartlett, Richard D. (2009). The Chameleon Handbook. Barron's Educational Series. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7641-4142-3.
Glaw F et al. (2009). A distinctive new species of chameleon of the genus Furcifer (Squamata: Chameleonidae) from the Montagne d'Ambre rainforest of northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 2269: 32-42.

"Furcifer ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Furcifer, new genus, p. 42). (in Latin).
Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel. (1994). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, 2nd edition. Köln: M. Vences & F. Glaw Verlags GbR. ISBN 3-929449-01-3.
Spawls S; Drewes R; Ashe J. (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Köln: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-656470-1.
Anderson CV. (2006). Captive Chameleon Populations. Accessed 23-01-2009