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Latest update: December 31st, 2022.

Taxonomy of the family Chamaeleonidae

Bibliography of the genus Archaius

Biodiversity of the family Chamaeleonidae

Genus
Archaius

	Seychelles Chameleon
	Seychellenchamäleon
	Tigerkamæleon

1865

Archaius Gray (type species: Chamaeleo tigris Kuhl 1820)

Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0%

100%
Remarks: Previously included in Chamaeleo (e.g., Mertens 1966), and, more recently, Calumma (Klaver & Böhme 1997). Revalidated as a separate genus by Townsend, Tolley, Glaw, Böhme & Vences (2010).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Archaius tigris

	Seychelles Chameleon, Tiger Chameleon
	Seychellenchamäleon
	Tigerkamæleon

1820		Chamaeleo tigris Kuhl
		Lophosaura tigris Gray 1865
		Chamaeleon tigris Werner 1911
		Calumma tigris Klaver & Böhme 1986
		Archaius tigris Townsend, Tolley, Glaw, Böhme & Vences 2010
1820		Chamaeleo scychellensis Kuhl (Duméril & Bibron 1836; Klaver & Böhme 1997)
1829		Chamaeleo seichellensis Cuvier [invalid emendation]
1836		Chamaeleo seychellensis Duméril & Bibron [invalid emendation]
1843		Chamaeleo scychelliensis Fitzinger [invalid emendation]
1845		Chamaeleo fimbriatus Gray [nomen nudum] (Klaver & Böhme 1997)

Introduced to: Tanzania (Zanzibar).
Distribution: Seychelles.