chameleon
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Summary
chameleon is a taxon[1]. chameleon ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,561 views/month, #368 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: family[3]
- Parent taxon: Iguania[4], Acrodonta[5]
- Taxon name: Chamaeleonidae[6]
- Commons category: Chamaeleonidae[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chamaeleonidae[8], Category:Chameleons[9]
- Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Pauly–Wissowa[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15]
- Taxon common name: kameleoner[16], kameleoni[17]
- Different from: Bunglon[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
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Identifiers
chameleon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 32805[20]. chameleon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40248[21]. chameleon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1723[22]. chameleon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9453[23]. chameleon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 208969[24].
Discovery and Description
Things named for chameleon include Chamaeleon[25], a constellation[26].
Why It Matters
chameleon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] chameleon is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for chameleon include Chamaeleon[25], a constellation[26].