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Seychelles tiger chameleon (Archaius tigris)
| Subject: | Seychelles tiger chameleon (Archaius tigris)
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Date: 2006:12:26 13:12:05
Camera: DSC-H1 (SONY)
F number: f/4.0
Exposure: 10/1250 sec
Focal Length: 60/10
Upload Date: 2017:05:12 13:28:19
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Tiger Chameleon (Archaius tigris). Often seen in Morne Seychellois National Park, this one was in a house garden nearby.
Date 26 December 2006, 13:12:05
Source http://www.inaturalist.org/photos/310625
Author Dao Nguyen and James Hardcastle
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archaius_tigris.jpg
The Seychelles tiger chameleon (Archaius tigris) is the only species in the resurrected genus Archaius, which has been established in 1865. Initially placed into Chamaeleo, it was for some time moved to the genus Calumma by some (Klaver & Böhme, 1986). It is an endangered species of chameleon, found only on the Seychelles islands of Mahé, Silhouette and Praslin.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Archaius
Species: Archaius tigris (Kuhl, 1820)
Synonyms:
Chamaeleo scychellensis Kuhl 1820
Chamaeleo seichellensis - Cuvier 1829
Chamaeleo tigris Kuhl 1820
Chameleo fimbriatus - Gray 1845
Calumma tigris (Kuhl, 1820)
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Scientific Name: Archaius tigris (Kuhl, 1820)
Common Names: Tiger Chameleon, Seychelles Tiger Chameleon
Synonyms:
Calumma tigris (Kuhl, 1820)
Chamaeleo tigris Kuhl, 1820 |
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