Furcifer

Furcifer is a genus of chameleons whose member species are mostly endemic to Madagascar, but F. cephalolepis and F. polleni are endemic to the Comoros. Additionally, F. pardalis has been introduced to Réunion, Mauritius and Florida, while F. oustaleti has been introduced to Kenya and Florida.

Taxonomy

The generic name is derived from the Latin root meaning "forked" and refers to the shape of the animal's feet.
The genus contains 24 species.

The following species are recognized as being valid.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Furcifer angeli	Angel's chameleon	northwest Madagascar
	Furcifer antimena	Antimena chameleon	southwest Madagascar
	Furcifer balteatus	two-banded chameleon	Madagascar
	Furcifer belalandaensis	Belalanda chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer bifidus	two-horned chameleon	Madagascar
	Furcifer campani	jewelled chameleon	central highlands of Madagascar
	Furcifer cephalolepis	Comoro Islands chameleon	Grande Comore.
	Furcifer labordi	Labord's chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer lateralis	carpet chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer major	Southern Carpet Chameleon	Tanandava, Madagascar
	Furcifer minor	lesser chameleon	Central Madagascar.
	Furcifer monoceras		Madagascar.
	Furcifer nicosiai Jesu, Mattioli & Schimmenti, 1999		western Madagascar.
	Furcifer oustaleti	Malagasy giant chameleon	Madagascar
	Furcifer pardalis	panther chameleon	eastern and northern parts of Madagascar
	Furcifer petteri	Petter's chameleon	northern Madagascar
	Furcifer polleni	Mayotte chameleon	Mayotte.
	Furcifer rhinoceratus	rhinoceros chameleon	dry forests in Madagascar.
	Furcifer timoni Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2009	Timon's chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer tuzetae	Ambiky chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer verrucosus	warty chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer viridis Florio et al., 2012	green chameleon	northwest Madagascar, from the central highlands and Maevatanana to Ambanja
	Furcifer voeltzkowi	Voeltzkow's chameleon	Madagascar.
	Furcifer willsii	canopy chameleon	eastern Madagascar

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Furcifer.