Chamaeleonidae


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Related to Chamaeleonidae: chameleon, Cameleon
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Noun1.Chamaeleonidae - Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria
reptile family - a family of reptiles
Lacertilia, Sauria, suborder Lacertilia, suborder Sauria - true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
chamaeleon, chameleon - lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
Chamaeleo, genus Chamaeleo, genus Chamaeleon - type genus of the Chamaeleontidae
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Lizards in Pakistan are represented by eight families: Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Lacertidae, Scincidae, Uromastycidae and Varanidae (Khan, 2006).
Gymnophione Haplonepion naggsi Lacertidae Edentulina rusingensis Chamaeleonidae Varanidae INSECTA Chelonii Crocodylidae Millipedes Brochuchus pigotti Moth cocoons Termite bioconstructions MAMMALIA Insectivora Rodentia Amphechinus rusingensis Diamantomys luederitzi Erythrozootes chamerpes Paraphiomys pigotti Macroscelidea Paraphiomys stromeri Myohyrax sp.
Fifteen adult species of Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) (order Squamata, suborder, Sauria, Family Chamaeleonidae, subfamily Subfamilia: Chamaeleo), Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus (Laurenti, 1768) (order Lacertilia, suborder, Sauria, Family Chamaeleonidae), and Chamaeleon vulgaris (Daudin, 1802) are used in the present work.