Accepted scientific name:
Chamaeleo melleri GRAY 1865 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Chamaeleo melleri GRAY 1865
Synonyms:
Chamaeleo (trioceros) melleri NECAS 1999 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Chamaeleo (trioceros) melleri NECAS 1999
Ensirostris melleri GRAY 1865 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ensirostris melleri GRAY 1865
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Meller's Chameleon English -
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Chamaeleonidae
Genus Chamaeleo
Distribution: Malawi, N Mozambique, Tanzania Terra typica: Zomba Mountain, Malawi (restricted by LOVERIDGE 1953)..
Additional data: member of subg. Trioceros. The paper by GRAY is not present in our AMNH collection.
Source database: TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.,
Online resource: http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Chamaeleo&species=melleri
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e9fe54ca-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201