Belongs within: Chamaeleonidae.
The Chamaeleonini contain the typical chameleons, larger species of the family Chamaeleonidae.
<==Chamaeleonini
|--Bradypodion pumiliumRFN02
`--+--Calumma
| |--C. oshaugnessyiRFN02
| | |--C. o. ambreensisRFN02
| | `--+--C. o. oshaugnessyiRFN02
| | `--C. parsoniiRFN02
| `--+--C. maltheRFN02
| `--+--+--C. hilleniusRFN02
| | `--+--C. brevicornisRFN02
| | `--C. tsaratananensisRFN02
| `--+--C. guibeiRFN02
| `--+--C. fallaxRFN02
| |--C. nasutaRFN02
| `--C. tigrisRFN02
`--+--+--+--‘Calumma’ cucullataRFN02
| | `--‘Calumma’ gastrotaeniaRFN02
| | |--C. g. marojezensisRFN02
| | `--+--C. g. andringtraensisRFN02
| | `--+--C. g. gastrotaeniaRFN02
| | `--C. g. guilaumetiRFN02
| `--FurciferRFN02
| |--F. bifidusRFN02
| `--+--F. petteriRFN02
| `--+--F. minorRFN02
| `--+--F. campaniRFN02
| `--+--+--F. cephalolepisRFN02
| | `--F. polleniRFN02
| `--+--+--F. labordiRFN02
| | `--F. lateralisRFN02
| `--+--F. verrucosusRFN02
| `--+--F. oustaletiRFN02
| `--+--F. angeliRFN02
| `--F. pardalisRFN02
`--ChamaeleoRFN02
| i. s.: C. africanusB00
| C. basiliscusD56
| C. bifidus Brongniart 1800B00
| C. caroliquartiRFN02
| C. fischeriSVL03
| C. intermediusRFN02
| C. ituriensisPB27
| C. montiumH04
| C. parsoniVRC01
| C. pumilusB00
| C. rudisMH11
| C. vulgarisB00
|--+--C. quadricornisRFN02
| `--+--C. jacksoniiRFN02
| `--C. melleriRFN02
`--+--C. senegalensisRFN02
`--+--C. chamaeleon (Linnaeus 1758)RFN02, L58 [=Lacerta chamaeleonB00]
`--+--C. calyptratusRFN02
`--C. zeylanicusRFN02
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B00] Brongniart, A. 1800. Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles. IIe partie. Formation et disposition des genres. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societé Philomathique de Paris 2 (36): 89–91.
[D56] Dawes, B. 1956. The Trematoda with special reference to British and other European forms. University Press: Cambridge.
[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.
[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis revised 10th ed. vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.
[MH11] Müller, J., C. A. Hipsley, J. J. Head, N. Kardjilov, A. Hilger, M. Wuttke & R. R. Reisz. 2011. Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins. Nature 473: 364–367.
[PB27] Pilsbry, H. A., & J. Bequaert. 1927. The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo, with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53 (2): 69–602, pls 10–77.
[RFN02] Raxworthy, C. J., M. R. J. Forstner & R. A. Nussbaum. 2002. Chameleon radiation by oceanic dispersal. Nature 415: 784–787.
[SVL03] Schulte, J. A., II, J. P. Valladares & A. Larson. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships within Iguanidae inferred using molecular and morphological data and a phylogenetic taxonomy of iguanian lizards. Herpetologia 59 (3): 399–419.
[VRC01] Vickaryous, M. K., A. P. Russell & P. J. Currie. 2001. Cranial ornamentation of ankylosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora): reappraisal of developmental hypotheses. In: Carpenter, K. (ed.) 2001. The Armored Dinosaurs pp. 318–340. Indiana University Press.