Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus on DVD Recent updates


*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