Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons):
countries with most species

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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Madagascar
 91
No. 2
Tanzania
 42
No. 3
Kenya
 23
No. 4
Congo-Kinshasa
 21
No. 5
South Africa
 19
No. 6
Cameroon
 14
No. 7
Uganda
 13
No. 8
Mozambique
 12
No. 9
Nigeria
 10
No. 10
Ethiopia
 9
No. 11
Malawi
 9
No. 12
Rwanda
 9
No. 13
Burundi
 7
No. 14
Central African Republic
 7
No. 15
Equatorial Guinea
 7
No. 16
South Sudan
 7
No. 17
Angola
 5
No. 18
Congo-Brazzaville
 5
No. 19
Gabon
 5
No. 20
Somalia
 5
No. 21
Benin
 4
No. 22
Yemen
 4
No. 23
Zambia
 4
No. 24
Chad
 3
No. 25
Ghana
 3
No. 26
Mali
 3
No. 27
Togo
 3
No. 28
Burkina Faso
 2
No. 29
Egypt
 2
No. 30
Eswatini
 2
No. 31
Gambia
 2
No. 32
Guinea
 2
No. 33
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 34
Ivory Coast
 2
No. 35
Liberia
 2
No. 36
Mauritania
 2
No. 37
Namibia
 2
No. 38
Niger
 2
No. 39
Saudi Arabia
 2
No. 40
Senegal
 2
No. 41
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 42
Sudan
 2
No. 43
Zimbabwe
 2
No. 44
Algeria
 1
No. 45
Botswana
 1
No. 46
Comoro Islands
 1
No. 47
Cyprus
 1
No. 48
Djibouti
 1
No. 49
Eritrea
 1
No. 50
Greece
 1
No. 51
India
 1
No. 52
Israel
 1
No. 53
Jordan
 1
No. 54
Lebanon
 1
No. 55
Libya
 1
No. 56
Mayotte [France]
 1
No. 57
Morocco
 1
No. 58
Oman
 1
No. 59
Pakistan
 1
No. 60
Portugal
 1
No. 61
Seychelles
 1
No. 62
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 1
No. 63
Spain
 1
No. 64
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 65
Syria
 1
No. 66
Tunisia
 1
No. 67
Turkey
 1
No. 68
Western Sahara
 1