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Taxonomic and distributional notes: Records of Chamaeleo senegalensis Daudin, 1802 
from Angola are referable to C g. etiennei (see Peters Bocage 1895a). Both Tilbury (2010) and 
Glaw (2015) recognized Chamaeleo gracilis etiennei as a subspecifically distinct forest-dwelling 
form. The more southerly records listed above require confirmation and may refer to C. dilepis. 
Chamaeleo namaquensis Smith, 1831 Namaqua Chameleon 
Chcemelio Namaquensis Smith 1831:17. Syntypes: BMNH 65.5.4.61-62, MNHP 8017 (collector A. Smith) 
(see notes helow). Type locality: “western coast of South Africa, near to the mouth of the Orange river” 
[Namaqualand]. 
Chamaeleon namaquensis: Bocage (1867c:227, 1870:68, 1895a:62), Boulenger (1887:462), Frade 
(1963:253). 
Chamaeleo tubereuliferus: Gunther (1865a:480). 
Chamaeleo namaquensis = C. tubereuliferus: Bocage (1872:72). 
Chamaeleo namaquensis: Branch (1998:228), Tilbury (2010:519), Glaw (2015:203), Ceriaco et al. 
(2016a:58). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern (Carpenter 2011). 
Global distribution: The species ranges from western South Africa through Namaqualand 
and the Namib Desert to southern Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 243): The 
species occurs only in the arid portion of south¬ 
western Angola mainly in Namibe Province. 
Namibe: “Mossamedes” [-15.20000, 
12.15000] (Gunther 1865a:480; Bocage 
1867c;227, 1872:72, 1895a:62; Boulenger 
1887:462; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:58). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Smith (1831) did not specify the number of the 
type specimens, nor their disposition. There is 
a long history of one stuffed specimen from 
Andrew Smith being present in Paris (Dumeril 
and Dumeril 1851; Dumeril 1852; Brygoo 
1983, although not mentioned by Guibe 1954) 
and this specimen has generally been regarded 
as a syntype and is, in fact, the only syntype 
mentioned by Klaver and Bohme (1987) and 
Glaw (2015). However, FitzSimons (1937) 
mentioned two specimens in the BMNH that he 
regarded as types. These specimens correspond to BMNH 65.5.4.61-62, which although not 
marked as types in the BMNH registers, were obtained from Andrew Smith and have the explicit 
locality, “mouth of Orange River.” We regard these specimens as part of the original type series. 
Klaver and Bohme (1997) also noted the possibility that additional types might yet be found in the 
collection of the National Museums of Scotland. This species represents a distinct phylogenetic 
lineage within Chamaeleo and some authors have suggested that this taxon could be recognized as 
generically distinct (Townsend and Larson 2002), however it is strongly supported as a member of 
the Chamaeleo clade (Bates et al. 2014). 
Map 243. Distribution of Chamaeleo namaquensis in 
Angola. 
