Species Hierarchy
Kingdom ANIMAL (ANIMALIA)
Phylum BACKBONED ANIMALS (CHORDATA)
Class REPTILES (REPTILIA)
Order LIZARDS AND SNAKES (SQUAMATA)
Family CHAMELEONS - OLD WORLD (CHAMAELEONIDAE)
Common name: CHAMELEON - MEDITERRANEAN
Scentific name: CHAMAELEO CHAMAELEON

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Location: TURKEY, ASIA

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This lifeform is found in northern Africa. This lifeform is found in south Asia. This lifeform can be found in various colors.

Mediterranean Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) is found in Spain and Portugal, Northern Africa, and southwest Asia. This variable colored lizard can be up to 12 inches in length.

Old World Chameleons (Chamaeleonidae Family), or True Chameleons are found primarily in Africa and Madagascar and adjacent islands with one species found in India and Ceylon. They live in trees and can change color. There are about 300 species.

Lizards and Snakes (Squamata Order) share many common characteristics and consequently they are grouped in a single order. There are greater differences between some groups of lizards than there are between other groups of lizards and snakes. The same is true of snakes. Lizards and snakes share a common skull shape.

Reptiles (Class Reptilia) are an ancient group of scaled  chordates. These scales may be permanently joined, as in the  turtles, or flexible, as in the snakes. Reptiles are land-based. Their eggs are laid on land and the young are air breathing.

Backboned Animals (Phylum Chordata) are the most advanced group of animals on earth. These animals are characterized by having a spinal cord or backbone. Most members have a clearly defined brain that controls the organism through a spinal cord. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are in this phylum.

Currently, some taxonomists believe that the fish should be divided into two groups (sharks and regular fishes) and that there are some other primitive groups in the phylum such as hagfish or lampreys.

Animal Kingdom contains numerous organisms that feed on other animals or plants. Included in the animal kingdom are the lower marine invertebrates such as sponges and corals, the jointed legged animals such as insects and spiders, and the backboned animals such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

 

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