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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesChamaeleo calyptratus calyptratus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1851
Chamaeleo calyptratus calcarifer PETERS 1871 
Common NamesE: Veiled Chameleon
G: Jemen-Chamäleon 
SynonymChamaeleo calyptratus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851
Calyptosaura calyptratus — GRAY 1864
Chamaeleo calyptratus — GRAY 1865: 344
Chamaeleo calcaratus PETERS 1870
Chamaeleo calcarifer PETERS 1870 (nom. subst.)
Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) calyptratus — NECAS 1999: 113
Chamaeleo calyptratus — TILBURY 2010: 459

Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) calyptratus calcarifer PETERS 1871
Chamaeleon calcarifer — ANDERSON 1901: 149
Chamaeleon calcarifer — STEINDACHNER 1903: 10
Chamaeleon calcarifer — WERNER 1911: 10
Chamaeleo calyptratus — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2009
Chamaeleo calyptratus calcarifer — SINDACO et al. 2014 
DistributionYemen, SW Saudi Arabia (up to 2500 m).

Introduced to USA (Florida)

calyptratus: Yemen

calcarifer: SW Saudi Arabia, Yemen (?); type locality: Bembatuka [= Bombetoka] (in error for Arabian Peninsula; probably near Aden, Yemen). See comment.

Type locality: region du Nil, Africa  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 6522, MNHN-RA 6633 and MNHN-RA 6634; 3 syntypes
Holotype: ZMB 316. [calcarifer] 
Diagnosis 
Commentmember of subgenus Chamaeleo.

Distribution: The original type locality “Bembatuka” is on the west coast of Madagascar and was given by PETERS in error. 
EtymologyNamed after Gr. kalyptra > L. calyptra, veil or cover; L.: -atus/a/um, adjectival suffix: veiled or covered, denoting the presence of an extremely elevated casque (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
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