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The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar [1] [3] [4] in a tropical forest biome. Additionally, it has been introduced to Réunion and Mauritius , as well as the state of Florida within the United States .
Chameleons have always been a staple of the wildlife trade, with the United States in particular accounting for 69% of chameleon imports from 1977 to 2001. [6] As importing the chameleons from their native countries can be costly, some people have decided to release chameleons into the wild on purpose, intending to let them reproduce and then recapturing them.
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
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 ...
Chameleons are popular reptile pets, mostly imported from African countries like Madagascar, Tanzania, and Togo. [70] The most common in the trade are the Senegal chameleon (Chamaeleo senegalensis), the Yemen or veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus), the panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), and Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii). [70]
Trioceros hoehnelii, commonly known as von Höhnel's chameleon, the helmeted chameleon, and the high-casqued chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa .
Kinyongia tavetana, the Kilimanjaro two-horned chameleon or Kilimanjaro blade-horned chameleon, is a species of chameleon in the genus Kinyongia. It is native to forests, woodlands, well-wooded gardens and plantations in the highlands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania .
The long-nosed rhinoceros chameleon (Furcifer monoceras) is a species of chameleon endemic to Madagascar. It is capable of changing colors, but usually only displays one color all throughout their body. They can be all-orange, all light brown, all-purple, all red with some green lines, and all green with brown stripes.