Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region 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
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 8
No. 14
Burundi
 7
No. 15
Central African Republic
 7
No. 16
Equatorial Guinea
 7
No. 17
Nosy Be [Madagascar]
 7
No. 18
South Sudan
 7
No. 19
Western Cape [South Africa]
 7
No. 20
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 6
No. 21
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 6
No. 22
Angola
 5
No. 23
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 5
No. 24
Congo-Brazzaville
 5
No. 25
Gabon
 5
No. 26
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 5
No. 27
Somalia
 5
No. 28
Benin
 4
No. 29
Yemen
 4
No. 30
Zambia
 4
No. 31
Cabinda [Angola]
 3
No. 32
Chad
 3
No. 33
Ghana
 3
No. 34
Mali
 3
No. 35
Togo
 3
No. 36
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 3
No. 37
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 2
No. 38
Burkina Faso
 2
No. 39
Comoro Archipelago [Comoro Islands / France]
 2
No. 40
Egypt
 2
No. 41
Eswatini
 2
No. 42
Free State [South Africa]
 2
No. 43
Gambia
 2
No. 44
Guinea
 2
No. 45
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 46
Ivory Coast
 2
No. 47
Liberia
 2
No. 48
Limpopo [South Africa]
 2
No. 49
Mauritania
 2
No. 50
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 2
No. 51
Namibia
 2
No. 52
Niger
 2
No. 53
North West Province [South Africa]
 2
No. 54
Saudi Arabia
 2
No. 55
Senegal
 2
No. 56
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 57
Sudan
 2
No. 58
Zimbabwe
 2
No. 59
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 60
Algeria
 1
No. 61
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 62
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 1
No. 63
Benguerua [Mozambique]
 1
No. 64
Botswana
 1
No. 65
Chhattisgarh [India]
 1
No. 66
Comoro Islands
 1
No. 67
Cyprus
 1
No. 68
Djibouti
 1
No. 69
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 70
Eritrea
 1
No. 71
Gauteng [South Africa]
 1
No. 72
Goa [India]
 1
No. 73
Grande Comoro [Comoro Islands]
 1
No. 74
Greece
 1
No. 75
Gujarat [India]
 1
No. 76
India
 1
No. 77
Israel
 1
No. 78
Jharkhand [India]
 1
No. 79
Jordan
 1
No. 80
Karnataka [India]
 1
No. 81
Kerala [India]
 1
No. 82
Lamu [Kenya]
 1
No. 83
Lebanon
 1
No. 84
Libya
 1
No. 85
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 86
Maharashtra [India]
 1
No. 87
Mayotte [France]
 1
No. 88
Morocco
 1
No. 89
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 90
Nosy Hara [Madagascar]
 1
No. 91
Odisha [India]
 1
No. 92
Oman
 1
No. 93
Pakistan
 1
No. 94
Palestine [Israel]
 1
No. 95
Peloponnese [Greece]
 1
No. 96
Pemba [Tanzania]
 1
No. 97
Portugal
 1
No. 98
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]
 1
No. 99
Praslin [Seychelles]
 1
No. 100
Rajasthan [India]
 1
No. 101
Rhodes [Greece]
 1
No. 102
Seychelles
 1
No. 103
Seychelles inner islands [Seychelles]
 1
No. 104
Sinai [Egypt]
 1
No. 105
Socotra [Yemen]
 1
No. 106
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 1
No. 107
Spain
 1
No. 108
Spanish mainland [Spain]
 1
No. 109
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 110
Syria
 1
No. 111
Tamil Nadu [India]
 1
No. 112
Tunisia
 1
No. 113
Turkey
 1
No. 114
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 115
West Bengal [India]
 1
No. 116
Western Sahara
 1
No. 117
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
 1